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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: skinowski who wrote (152712)	11/26/2004 5:55:36 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

There's nothing new with religious fundamentalism being used to justify the murder of thousands of civilians. But we lead the race. In most of these cases thouands or tens of thousands of civilians - not combattants - died as a result of our actions. This is just a partial list mind you - we can go on and on and on.... President McKinley -- started the slaughter of Filipinos President Roosevelt -- continued the slaughter of Filipinos President Truman -- thanks God for being able to nuke civilian Japanese. Twice. President Kennedy -- Cuba, thanks. President Johnson -- a stupid war to end all wars President Nixon -- continues it. President Carter -- lays the ground work for Islamic fundamentalism President Reagan -- lays the ground work for all sorts of things including Saddam's aspirations. Turns blind eye to Saddam using chemical weapons against Iranians. President Bush I -- ironically Bush I is far better than Bush II but he fails the sniff test as he knew - knew - that Saddam was going to invade Kuwait. And did nothing. And was willing to negotiate better terms even though he knew of Saddam's atrocities against his own people. President Clinton -- debate on Kosovo still out, but it would be unfair not to include him in this list. He backed Truman's decision, a clearly immoral act. President Bush II -- the latest in a line of amoral fundamentalist whackos, except he doesn't pray to Mecca. If you add up all the people -- innocents, not combatants -- killed, as a direct result of these presidents, are not measured in thousands or tens of thousands but hundreds of thousands if not millions. American foreign policy decisions led to the deaths of incalculable numbers of human beings, at times for no particular reason at all, at other times justified as the the only way to ensure America "remains free". > some wacky circles < Indeed. Look around.