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Politics : TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: William Brotherson who wrote (460)8/14/2004 5:24:33 AM
From: marek_wojna1 Recommendation  Respond to of 493
 
As of now bringing ?democracy and freedom? cost Iraq 38.000 dead civilians without counting soldiers and fighters. Add to this countless deaths due to lack of first aid, lack of energy, water, hospitals without anything but doctors. By the time the whole thing will finish and it may take as well as long as Saddam was in power or longer you can be assured Mr.Hussein was an angel comparing him to real terrorist bush. I don't see in any footage huge demonstrations in Iraq to bring him to swift justice in any of the Iraq's cities, north or south but I see lots of "Americans - go home with your puppet government you installed in Baghdad" with hundreds of thousands of inhabitants in this land demanding this. Despite draconian sanctions imposed on Iraq after first gulf war which included occasional air raids, Iraq didn't have connections to the terrorist groups, nor had any WMD and it was made clear in the United Nations before war started so the liar was bush who not only killed Iraqis but has on his own account an act of terror (how else we can name unprovoked war?) which counting only American soldiers killed in action more than one third of 9/11. Add to this non combat deaths, close to 100 suicide acts between American soldiers and the number is closer to half who died in Twin Towers. The big difference is that the terrorists who died on 9/11 gave up their life as well, that means in their own minds they were absolutely convinced they were doing right thing and unfortunately nobody can judge later on suicide bomber as he is out of reach for human justice, at least American justice. It is so hard to understand for the public of the US that other nations don't want to accept their values and culture that the only way Americans will learn what other culture mean when is imposed on them by force, it takes the place already not by military force but economic flowing from China. Few more decades and maybe born in the USA suicide bombers will be portrayed in the secrecy of private homes as protectors of American traditions and culture against barbarians from the East.



To: William Brotherson who wrote (460)8/15/2004 6:19:55 PM
From: marek_wojna1 Recommendation  Respond to of 493
 
<<Right, he was only the one who killed 300,000 people because they didn't agree with his ways.

Real nice guy!!>>

Let me ask you what is more important: To prevent the loss of of humans life or to take the "revenge" years after dead are mourned already and to score new casualties?
And let me remind you that very same people were pushing and giving support to Saddam in his war with Iran, making on the side few dollars selling weaponry to Iran who are now in the office of the US. From human point of view - isn't more urgent to help people in Darfur just by sending few fighter jets to scare the government of Sudan instead of waiting for millions to die and take the action maybe 10 or 15 years later when it suits, or just forget about it. US did the right thing in former Yugoslavia despite complexity of this region and many who till today say it was not right thing to do. But American action saved thousands of human lifes and this what was at time important. Impotent Europe was only watching from the sidelines the slaughter and United Nations had deployed peacekeepers who were not allowed even to use the arms in self defense.
The war with Iraq is dirty from the very start, there will be no lasting truce for decades to come no matter what future CEO's of America will do, it will be damaging US for decades to come. The personal freedom Americans enjoyed so much is at stake here and without that freedom of individuals might as well forget about dynamics and creativity Americans were famous for.