Originally posted by Azrael

Originally posted by Raskolnikov
No nation is blameless and no people can honestly claim their hands to be bloodless. As such, slinging accusations of "Well, you did ______!" back and forth are a waste of time and effort (Ireland vrs. England, Israel vrs. Palestine, Red Socks vrs. The Yankees, etc). Nobody is pure enough to win that argument.

So this is how you justify whats going on right now? nobody said that the rest of the world is withouth sin. but as you stated earlier "learn from the past" - but now you (not you personally of course *L*) are going to make the same mistakes again. What do you think will happen? Bush bashes iraq. fine. then iraq is under american dictators. and that will make bad blood again for do you realy think the iraq population will cheer at you when you march in? what building will be next hit by terrorists? or maybe a little biological weapon set free in Washington?

peace CAN NOT be brought to life with War! i wonder how may centuries it will take untill mankind will understand this.. if it will last that long.

The point is that by your criteria, nobody is "pure" enough to take action against anybody else for any reason.

Next, asserting that removing a dictator who has broken the terms ending a war from power then allowing his former subjects to choose their own government would be an "American Dictatorship" is a bit rediculous. Are Germany and Japan "American Dictatorships today?" No. Is South Korea? No. Is Yugoslavia? No. Is Afghanistan? No. Noticing a pattern yet? I don't want to completely crap on your feelings about this, but you talk as if there isn't another side to this, and is if doing nothing will make everything better. It won't.

Do I think the Iraqi people will welcome an American invasion? Some obviously won't. Iraqi defectors tell us that most of the Iraqi people want Saddam gone, but are too afraid to do anything about it. The Shi'ia Muslims and Kurds have suffered even more persicution at his hands then the Sunni majority - I can't see them being too upset about his removal.

What building will be hit next by terrorists? I have no idea. Will I die in a firey car accident on my way home from work tonight? I don't know. Does that mean I should quit my job and never leave home?
Basing one's actions completely on what some people might do in retaliation rather than what one thinks is right is no way to live our lives.

Finally, will never be maintained if the good people of the world always turn and run from a fight. There are too many people who will exploit that to their own benefit. Saddam Hussein is very much one of those people and to pretend otherwise is to be completely ignorant of history.

Well, my lunch break is over - I'll come back to some other points when I've got time.