Originally posted by SLO
invading a 3rd world country and undermining its sovereignty doesn't take balls, it just takes a stupid man with blind followers...in other words, atomotons
I'd rather follow a stupid man who doesn't stand around on the sidelines watching a homicidal maniac bribe these so called "Smart" leaders from "Smart" countries to the point where the very sanctions they are charged with enforcing degrade to utter insignificance while routinely committing mass murder on his own population
Then follow the lead of these "smart" countries and their leaders by standing around and doing nothing but accepting the bribes and looking the other way while mass murder is committed and using the piss poor excuse of "Sovereignty" as an excuse.
I was and am For the war in Iraq. I would have been for it had Clinton done it, or even if France, Germany or even sweet little ol Canada done it.
But they didn't, and lets face it, they didn't have the balls, the heart or the stomach for it.
They, France and Germany in particular would have been more then happy to continue profiting from the Oil for food Scam and giving nothing more then a nod and a wink to the utter butchery he was committing on his own people, and would have eventually been more then willing to sell Saddam the weaponry he desired.
And if we were being honest. The leaders of these countries are really mad at the US for disturbing their gravy train.
And like the babies they are, they got upset when the tit ran dry and are now throwing their current temper tantrum.
and that's what it REALLY boils down to
Oddly enough these very same counties Im sure will be more then willing to profit from the rebuilding efforts its going to take.
In short you don't have the balls to do any of the bleeding to do what's right but you'll have more then enough balls to accept the profits from the contracts that will eventually be awarded.
And using "sovereignty" as an excuse to justify allowing a maniac to butcher his own people is a piss poor one at that.
As the saying goes "All that is needed for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing"
this reeks of the same kind of mentality that people have who watch a murder being committed on the street yet saying and doing nothing because they "didn't want to get involved"
I'd rather follow a stupid leader who has the courage to get involved then be part of a nation who disgracefully would rather stand around and do nothing but let it happen
