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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (148894)10/24/2004 11:14:40 PM
From: Michael Watkins  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
That's not my intent. My intent is to show that duplicity is not found in the actions only of one nation. The US is every bit as guilty of this as any other major military power.

Its you, not me, that seeks to set out one country at a higher plane than another. I think, in general, all have the same faults. If the US comes up more often than some others, its only a reflection on the sheer enormity of its wealth, power, and influence.

Until some Star Trek utopia wanders along I'll keep my skeptical hat on which reminds me that power corrupts.

In the meantime, Bush apologists are trying - using whatever dirt they can find - to distract the discussion away from their boy's failings and dirt. I won't be distracted.



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (148894)10/25/2004 12:38:37 AM
From: Elsewhere  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
any arms that the US sold him were small beans compared to those sold by France, Germany and Russia, his main sources.

Please show me any source documenting that Germany sold arms to Iraq on a level comparable to France or Russia. According to
Message 18780439
Germany exported less weapons to Iraq than the USA and even Switzerland.