A final reminder to anduril
The U.S. attacked Iraq with NO PROVOCATION
What right did the U.S. have to attack innocent people?
Sure saddam is a bad guy, but why bomb innocent people? Why kill innocent men, women and children.
They've screamed at soldiers- they've screamed at Bush:
Saddam may be a bad man, but he's OUR bad man.
How would you feel if bombs started raining on your head in Edmonton? People dying left and right? How would you feel if soldiers from another country barged into your home and started ransacking the place, looking for Saddam?
You wouldn't be happy, would you?
God bless America! The greatest liberators of all-time! We are enlightened! We help the world! If we can do this for Iraq, just think what we could do for your country! *just one question, though...psssst! do you have oil in your country?*
How's that for employing sarcasm? How far have you taken your blindness?
To the farthest reaches of ignorance..which is just left of hell.
Re: A final reminder to anduril
Among your ad hominen attacks, I found a couple of salient points to address.
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Originally posted by Johann
The U.S. attacked Iraq with NO PROVOCATION
What right did the U.S. have to attack innocent people?
Sure saddam is a bad guy, but why bomb innocent people? Why kill innocent men, women and children.
However, most of the salient points were, like this one, addressed in the eight points I made above or in my recent response to Raoul. If you disagree with my position then refute all eight points and provide sources to justify any position that I am not likely to take your word on.
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Originally posted by Johann
They've screamed at soldiers- they've screamed at Bush:
Saddam may be a bad man, but he's OUR bad man.
This is the one salient point I could find that I've not actually addressed. Your argument, it seems to me, is that the people of Iraq did not want the invasion. Unfortunately for your argument, you happen to be wrong. Polls conducted by the Oxford Research Institute confirm that more Iraqis support the Coalition invasion than are against it. A majority of Iraqis believe their life is better now than before the war (56%) and an overwhelming number (71%) believe that life will be better for them in the future.
Naturally, resentment towards the Coalition presence in Iraq is building and future polls may indicate some change as that begins to be reflected. This is to be expected. The Coalition presence is a reminder that Iraqis are not providing their own security nor are they completely independent of the Coalition-led forces. This is, again naturally, a humiliating experience. But, that more Iraqis than not, can still, even despite their resentment, support the invasion and clearly indicate that life will improve says something profoundly important. They supported this war despite its costs.
And, you know, I believe the reason that they support it despite its costs is that they know the costs of living under Saddam even a day longer would have brought higher costs. In fact, I think alot of the anger towards the Coalition is that they didn't do this earlier; that they didn't finish the job eleven years ago. In those eleven years, considerably more Iraqis died under Saddam's brutal thumb then in the Coalition invasion and the months since.
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Originally posted by Johann
How would you feel if bombs started raining on your head in Edmonton? People dying left and right? How would you feel if soldiers from another country barged into your home and started ransacking the place, looking for Saddam?
You wouldn't be happy, would you?
If it was necessary to win my freedom, bring it on. I'll take care of my family and do my best to stay out of their way.