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Politics : The Left Wing Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (5691)	10/16/2002 12:13:47 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6089

I think the world would be a better place if Saddam, the Ayatollahs, Mugabe, Kim, various Chinese gerontocrats etc. were not in power. That is, assuming I could wave a magic wand and make it so. I don't think the world will be improved by the US going to war with any nation whose leader it doesn't like. Even if he did try and kill Bush's daddy (which I rather doubt, I can't recall that Saddam invaded the US, quite the opposite). DON'T feed me bullshit about how the US is in any way threatened by Saddam. If you're really so fucking gullible you believe Cheney, and can't comprehend how bizarre that notion is, think about how easy it would be to turn Iraq into a large radioactive crater and how Iraq can do exactly fuck-all to stop it. You want threats? WMD? Really dangerous countries? Go disarm Pakistan, India and China. LOL. So I surely think that there are better and more productive ways for the US to spend its time and efforts, especially if it really wants to make the world a better place. If it wants to be an imperial power looting resources from less militarised countries to enrich the oil barons, that's a different question. But don't cloak greed under pious shite about how it's for the good of the natives, still less half-witted propaganda that would have had Goebbels jeering at its simplicity even while he sympathised. Questions for you. Do you think the US is setting a good precedent by calling publicly for the assassination of the head of an independent sovereign state? Do you think it's a good precedent if the US invades Iraq in a 'pre-emptive' strike? (that's goes in first, without Iraq doing anything to threaten the US). -- Hint, would it be good if China occupied Korea? dangerous neighbour, WMD, and all that. And lastly, why do you think I don't bother posting on 'My House'?