Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:35 am
Silas wrote:What the hell are you going to do with 850 Georgian troops, or 863 Romanian troops.
As Jon Stewart put it,
Stem Cell research is looked at as bad by many of the same people who support the Iraq War. The reason stem cell research is bad is because it takes innocent lives to save lives. The Iraq war is good though, because it takes innocent lives to save lives.
The war is a very unneccessary war. When the entire world tells you not to do it (Except the UK who will stand by the US even if they invaded Canada) you should probably listen.
We had a chance to solve the Saddam problem as a planet, as a world, but we decided to do it on our own and kill 40,000 innocent civilians.
If I boast that I have three guns on me, I drop one you find that doesn't work, I claim I destroyed the other two but you have no proof I did. Also, I've attacked you and others before, taken potshots at you for twelve years, and been hanging out with others who want to harm you. Are you going to take me at my word, consider me not a threat and turn your back on me?
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-Saddam supported and harbored terrorist groups and individual terrorists. His fingerprints were all over the first WTC bombing and Project Bojinka.
-Saddam had in the past had WMD programs, and evidence shows he continued to keep those programs, ready to restart them once sanctions (that he violated anyway) were lifted.
-Saddam invaded two of his neighbors.
-Saddam massacred, tortured, raped and was a jerk to his own citizens. Don't forget his draining of the heart of mesopotamia.
-Saddam violated 17 UN resolutions instead of simply comply with the requirement that he show proof that he ended and destroyed his WMD programs. If he had shown that he did it, he would've stayed in power, as the rest of the world didn't give a shit about anything he did except WMD programs.
-Saddam facilitated the worst scandal in world history with his dealings in the Oil-For-Food program.
-Saddam wore fedoras with an ugly mustache, a terrible fashion faux pas.
ok then why did the Bush administration repeatedly state that Saddam had WMDs in 2003?
I could go into a long debate on Haliburton and oil in Iraq, but I want to keep from doing that.
I think what we are doing in Iraq is right to a certain extent. To me, after Sept. 11th, it seems like America has been on a crusade against anything that's "Middle Eastern" or "Arab" or "Muslim", and I don't tihnk it's right for us to go to Iraq and force a democracy and tell them how to live their lives. If we want to keep the peace, that's fine, but we should stick to being peacekeepers
Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:42 am
Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:48 pm
GloveGuy wrote:This shit's disgusting. I'm going to go make my own political thread. The topic: Gay Marriage.
Who's coming with me?!
Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:00 am
Matthew wrote:GloveGuy wrote:This shit's disgusting. I'm going to go make my own political thread. The topic: Gay Marriage.
Who's coming with me?!
You think it's disgusting that people are discussing war and the discovery of WMD's that people like you criticised George Bush for entering Iraq when they didn't find them? You're nothing more than a pseudo intellectual.
Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:20 am
Big-D wrote:Most of the time you attack a Country when you are 100% sure they have weapons and they have motive to use them against you. They had neither at the time and thats something you really cant guess about. Bush is a vengeful person and im sure the war started because of his personal vendetta. Bush's father was almost killed by Saddam. I find it funny when bush realizes what a bad job he has been doing in Iraq and scapegoats his problems to get the attention off of the war ie.Gay marriage, going to Mars, Illegal Immigrants. You can flame away because you guys are to stubborn to realize im right or at least have some very valid points. End of story.
Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:53 am
Breaking News: WMDs found in Iraq
Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:20 am
Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:40 am
Riot wrote:Big-D wrote:Most of the time you attack a Country when you are 100% sure they have weapons and they have motive to use them against you. They had neither at the time and thats something you really cant guess about. Bush is a vengeful person and im sure the war started because of his personal vendetta. Bush's father was almost killed by Saddam. I find it funny when bush realizes what a bad job he has been doing in Iraq and scapegoats his problems to get the attention off of the war ie.Gay marriage, going to Mars, Illegal Immigrants. You can flame away because you guys are to stubborn to realize im right or at least have some very valid points. End of story.
Congress passed 17 reasons to go to war with Iraq and WMD's were only one of those. The United Nations agreed with us that Iraq was a threat to the region and that they had nuclear and chemical capabilities. Numerous countries gave out intelligence reports supporting these claims. It wasn't just America who thought Iraq had something to hide, which they did, and at the time it was enough proof.
Plus, I don't know about you but if there is a guy who is torturing, murdering and raping his own people because they speak up against him and his laws then I think he should be taken out. Every human deserves the chance to live free and have a choice. Saddam was a threat to his people, his neighboring countries and in a few years maybe even the rest of the world. I'm glad he is out of power and I'm proud to say my country is helping liberate millions and millions of oppressed people.
Aren't human rights worth fighting for?
Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:50 am
Big-D wrote:Thats his way of doing things. Why should we be the police?
If there people were so oppressed then there would have been a revolution already.
I say let them resolve there own problems and stop the U.S from starting so much shit with everyone.
What are we still fighting for if Saddam is already gone? THEY WANT THERE OWN GOV'T.
Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:57 am
Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:57 am
mercyless41 wrote:u talk bout dfendind the same human rights ure violitin with ur illegal prisons and ur killer-marines? u dont have a clue bout this, have u?
Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:16 am
Riot wrote:Honestly, shut the fuck up.
Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:24 am
Big-D wrote:
Thats his way of doing things. Why should we be the police? If there people were so oppressed then there would have been a revolution already. I say let them resolve there own problems and stop the U.S from starting so much shit with everyone. What are we still fighting for if Saddam is already gone? THEY WANT THERE OWN GOV'T.
Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:31 am
mercyless41 wrote:oh i get now. if a little group of marines dfenders of freedom an human rights do something bad we cannot blame them all.i suppose ur government made a little mistake with all those people in Guantanamo, and the CIA covert prisons in Europe with all that people abducted, and another little mistake in Abu Ghraib. what happenned ther?
can i blame government then? then whos the blame, only a few politicians?Riot wrote:Honestly, shut the fuck up.
o yea man, thats the way yanks do the thing, i love it! tell me to shut up, order me, aye sir, im fuckin inferior to u master, beat me, i like it.
honestly kid, better u shut the fuck up. u dont have any idea of the world. the things u say r just shitty policy from brainless patriots. take ur "freedom" and "help" for urselves and let countries resolve their own problems. people just have what they deserve. war is not fun. grow up.
Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:43 am
Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:46 am
Silas wrote:You're not going to change Riot's mind no matter what we say. We could show him a video of George Bush saying "I am a horrible person and the War in Iraq was a big mistake" and he wouldnt change his mind.
War is never, ever a good thing. Innocent people always die, and people should take every measure they can to avoid it. Going to war with one of the main reasons being that Saddam had WMD's and he was going to use them against people and become a threat to the US, and then having it turn out that those things werent true, is a bad thing.
We jumped the gun on this one.
Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:17 am
2006 - #1- Israeli government (selective assasinations, civilians killed most every day, the wall, using top notch armies to counter pathetic people with stones and home made short range rockets)
#2- American government (Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Irak invasion, no MDWs, civilians killed by marines every week, ure improvin a lot!)
What are we still fighting for if Saddam is already gone? THEY WANT THERE OWN GOV'T.
If there people were so oppressed then there would have been a revolution already
if a little group of marines dfenders of freedom an human rights do something bad we cannot blame them all.i suppose ur government made a little mistake with all those people in Guantanamo, and the CIA covert prisons in Europe
honestly kid, better u shut the fuck up. u dont have any idea of the world. the things u say r just shitty policy from brainless patriots.
We could show him a video of George Bush saying "I am a horrible person and the War in Iraq was a big mistake" and he wouldnt change his mind.
Going to war with one of the main reasons being that Saddam had WMD's and he was going to use them against people and become a threat to the US, and then having it turn out that those things werent true, is a bad thing.
We jumped the gun on this one.
Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:30 am
benji wrote:As I've said what seems like a hundred fucking times in this thread, Saddam intended to restart his weapons programs as soon as sanctions were lifted. Had the Bush administration not pushed for enforcement of the UN resolutions the sanctions would've been lifted. Saddam would've reacquired WMDs, provided them to terrorists and iniated further attacks.
benji wrote:And you still didn't answer my question. What the hell would you have done? Waited until Saddam acquired further WMDs, let him attack, and then invaded to finally end the decade long war?
benji wrote:If we jumped the gun, what should've been done! Do you keep "negotiating" with someone who has not participated, misled, and gone behind backs for twelve years? What do you do?
benji wrote:And what would you do regarding Iran currently? A far more imminent threat.
Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:59 am
How many videos do you want me to find that have Cheney or any other Whitehouse member saying "We believe Saddam has weapons of mass destruction"?
I would have made sure he actually had WMD's before invading
I think everyone, including myself, supported the idea of getting rid of Saddam.
There are many people who have done much worse things than Saddam that we havent gone to war against. Should we have invaded the USSR to get rid of Stalin? Should we have invaded China because countless millions have died there? Where does one draw the line?
I would not Invade Iran.
Why havent we invaded Iran to stop them from using their WMD's. Why not Korea?
Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:46 am
benji wrote:How many videos do you want me to find that have Cheney or any other Whitehouse member saying "We believe Saddam has weapons of mass destruction"?
What does that have to do with anything? Saddam wanted the world to believe he possessed WMDs, not just the programs to produce them. That's why Bill Clinton and Al Gore said the same thing for eight years. That's why John Kerry and the UN said the same thing for twelve years.
Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:09 am
Riot wrote:mercyless41 wrote:oh i get now. if a little group of marines dfenders of freedom an human rights do something bad we cannot blame them all.i suppose ur government made a little mistake with all those people in Guantanamo, and the CIA covert prisons in Europe with all that people abducted, and another little mistake in Abu Ghraib. what happenned ther?
can i blame government then? then whos the blame, only a few politicians?Riot wrote:Honestly, shut the fuck up.
o yea man, thats the way yanks do the thing, i love it! tell me to shut up, order me, aye sir, im fuckin inferior to u master, beat me, i like it.
honestly kid, better u shut the fuck up. u dont have any idea of the world. the things u say r just shitty policy from brainless patriots. take ur "freedom" and "help" for urselves and let countries resolve their own problems. people just have what they deserve. war is not fun. grow up.
Yes, you are absoutely right. You know what? Thanks your enlightening me on so many things. I think I just might go and attack the White House and live an anti-american lifestyle. God damn it, you really changed my life young man.
Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:51 am
Big-D wrote:Young man? Your 17 arent you, you little prick? How can you say were so righteous when we treat our dogs better than people in other countries and the homeless in our own. Just turn a blind eye and sing yankee doodle dandy. Just because you love something dosnt make it the best or righteous.
Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:59 am
Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:04 am
Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:10 am
mercyless41 wrote:o yea man, thats the way yanks do the thing, i love it! tell me to shut up, order me, aye sir, im fuckin inferior to u master, beat me, i like it.