divebomber
Heliman
Location: California
| Squealerman,
Still using cutsie names, huh? At least you were able to provide an opinion this time (without cursing), even though you still resorted to name-calling in the end. One step forward, two steps back.
My bet is that you 'cut-and-pasted' your response, adding the idiot part at the end, but it doesn't matter. I'll address your points anyway, because even if you did cut and paste, one assumes you agree with the content.
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| But this war was sold as a defensive pre emptive strike against a gathering threat with WMD's.
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Half truth. This phase of the war on terror was in response to Iraq's non-compliance with UN resolutions and the defaulting of Iraq on the terms of the ceasefire at the end of the first Gulf War. The case for WMD was one of the arguments made to try and convince the vacilating UN to put some action behind its words, not as a sole reason for invasion, as you want to say.
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| I think ( and that is still legal until people like you try to make it illegal)
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An assumption on your part at best; a weak attempt at insult at worst.
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| Many Presidents have stated that they hold the right to pre-emption but GWB has put it to use not to protect the people of the U.S. but to put the world on notice that America is the only world leader and will not take even the whisper of a challenge to that by any country.
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Erroneous analysis. GWB stated that the war would be taken to all countries who harbor and support terrorism. Saddam's link to support and harboring terrorists is well documented and proven. An ancilliary result may have been to prove to other countries that we won't put up with challenges to our security, but that was not the 'use' of the war.
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| But I'm not naive and I know that history shows any power that tries to unjustly rule the world is destine for failure.
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Incorrect conclusion. The Roman empire failed because of it's growing lethargy, internal corruption, and selfish attitiudes, not because of any 'unjust' ruling of the world. If you truly study the rise and fall of all great world powers, their failures resulted from their own internal incompetence and lethargy; not the 'justness' of their rule.
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| The protection of the American people is very low on GWB's list thats why he pulled resources and personel from Afganistan (the real battle ground on the "war on terror")...
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Poor assumptions. Unless you are entertwined in the very heart of the CIA and the Whitehouse simultaneously, you have no clue what is low or high on GWB's 'list'. You wish to make a negative assumption, but one needs to use facts, not whims. As for whether Afganistan is the 'real' battleground on the war on terror, you need to define what in your mind makes it 'real' or 'not real'. Combat operations in Iraq with outside terrorist groups has been greater in Iraq than in Afghanistan. Also, the war in Afghanistan is very different that that of Iraq, requiring different types and levels of combatants and resources. Just because the news isn't focusing on Afghanistan, doesn't mean that there is significant and effective action occuring there. Same can be said about other spots around the world where the war on terror is being fought without the press coverage.
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| ...so early because they felt the American people (or at least idiots like you) would go along with the attack on iraq with 9/11 in the back ground.
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Again, you appear to know GWB's innermost intentions. Sounds like a conspiracy theory based on wishes, not facts. As for the 'idiot' comment, it just goes to show you can get through a discussion without being derogatory.
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Afganistan, real battle ground on war on terror.
Iraq, test bed for doctrine of The Project for a New American Century.
WMD's a lie, GWB doesn't care at all about the Iraqi people.
GWB wants world peace and to protect the U.S. maybe so but very very low on his list of things to do while President.
Divebomber, Idiot.
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Recap
Baseless, uninformed opinion.
Leftist rhetoric
Angry, biased opinion
Ridiculous spittle
Childish attempt at insult
And after all of that, you STILL didn't answer my question. Couldn't find anything to 'cut and paste'? Keep working on it, Potato-peelerman. You might have an original thought yet. |
