Originally posted by Duedel
Hortlund I'm with ya if u say Iraq is one of the most badest dictaturships in the world but its not the only one.
Its the wise the US wants to achieve its interests that makes me angry. Pressure, defamation, misinformation, egoism, imperialistic utterances all comes with an ignorance of many many things regarding the coalescence of the world (p.e. Kyoto protocol).
Furtherone besides the really good things the US has done in the past there are many bad things the US has done to gain advantage over the Soviet Union. Sometimes one could say the US now gets the payback for supporting idiots like Hussein and Laden but to say this would be (IMHO) disgusting cause many people died. Died caused by the US foreign policy and died caused by fanatic terrorists.
If it would be so easy to say: kill this Hussein and have peace.
No one can appraise what will happen in the middle east after an invasion.
I'm asking me why cant the arab nations handle this problem? Why the US want do to it so badly?
The arab nations cant handle it. Its as simple as that. Any arab-arab war right now would create one gigantic arabian civil war. No arab leader wants that, so they are staying well clear of this one. Most Arab countries right now are pro-US...simply because it is a bad idea to be arab and anti-US right now. So they have to act US friendly. At the same time, public opinion in these nations are very hostile towards the west. So you have a situation where the leadership and the population are on collision cource in most arab nations.
Now I must ask you...why is everyone so hung up on the fact that Iraq is not the only dictatorship in the world? What is the point with that line of reasoning? I mean what are you trying to say? "There are more than one dictatorship in the world, therefore we cannot go to war against any single one of them because we cannot choose which one to take first"?
No Iraq is not the only dictatorship. It is one of the most dangerous ones however. And it is one of the few dictatorships that has the mad dictator + wmd combination (N Korea being the other one). It is also THE ONLY dictatorship where the mad dictator has used chemical and biological weapons against his enemies before. Iraq is a threat. No matter what blitz says.
So you dislike the way the US handles its policy. What about the French then? You are aware that almost everything you said about the US applies to France too...right?
"Pressure, defamation, misinformation, egoism, imperialistic utterances all comes with an ignorance of many many things..."
That could also describe China, India, Russia...heck it could describe alot of nations. Why have you singled out the US as the object of your hatred?
Same goes for the "deaths caused by US foreign policy". Although I strongly suspect you are caught in some media version of this US foreign policy. But as you say, it is truly disgusting to say stuff like that...so you really should not even hint it.
Take a look at France and Algeria. If you want to hold the US responsible for their foreign policy, you really should hold France responsible too. The current situation in Algeria is a DIRECT result of French foreign policy. So is the war in former Yugoslavia. France and Germany are the root causes behind that one (for recognizing Slovenia)...yet I dont see that many people out in the streets chanting "death to France"...You know, this list can be made just as long as your list of reasons you dislike US foreign policy...so again the question arises, why have you singled out the US as the object of your hatred?
Its absurd! Especially now when the US is carrying the entire burden of the war against terror alone...while nations like France and Germany are doing all they can to make the war tougher and more dangerous for the US. The sad part is, France and Germany are doing this out of economic reasons, and they are doing it against the nation that is protecting all of us right now. Because as I said, the terrorists see us as just as legitimate targets as the US. They are fighting against the western world, our way of life. ...and even if they didnt...Bio weapons dont stop at borders.
