Post #117,044
9/8/03 10:50:56 AM
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Or maybe it wouldn't have.
But no, that's inconceivable to you. It's *always* America's fault somehow, no matter how the other guy behaves.
So why didn't Saddam keep better track? We know he was a meticulous record keeper in other matters.
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Post #117,046
9/8/03 11:26:12 AM
9/8/03 1:00:25 PM
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Saddam's numbers good enough for Marlowe!
"So why didn't Saddam keep better track?"
You gotta be kidding me. HELLOOOOO? IS THERE ANYBODY HOME?
This belongs in the PHB forum.
<corrected typo>
I'm not a complete idiot -- some parts are missing
Edited by GBert
Sept. 8, 2003, 01:00:25 PM EDT
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Post #117,059
9/8/03 1:03:45 PM
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Give it up, Giovanni.
He thinks us Europeans are all lefty pinko socialist Saddam-loving gun-hating gay-loving America-hating weirdos.
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Post #117,066
9/8/03 1:21:09 PM
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Yeah, I know ....
You're right, he's as close to a bot as you can get without wasting valuable CPU cycles.
He must think the same about most Americans, too (not that he'd admit that).
It's a free country--and if you don't like it, you can shut the fsck up!
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Post #117,062
9/8/03 1:10:33 PM
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You've put words in my mouth
I didn't say it was America's fault. In fact, calling this action "America's fault" is a nice way for various people to duck their own personal responsibility for their actions... a tactic favoured by former SS officers after the Second World War, I might add.
There's actually a very small group of people whose fault this war is, and conflating that group with "America" helps them avoid their personal responsibility for the actions they took whilst gracing them with a gravitas they neither possess nor merit.
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Post #117,085
9/8/03 3:01:03 PM
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Personal responsibility!
It was, first and foremost, Saddam's fault, and the fault of his henchmen, for his predations upon his own subjects, his repeated attacks on neigboring countries, his [link|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/iraq.html#terrorism|support for terrorism] and his chronic attempts to acquire and hold on to weapons of mass destruction.
Right?
Right?
(He also repeatedly flouted UN resolutions, in case you think the United Nations deserve any respect. Although, given the way they responded to said flouting, it's fair to say they don't deserve any.)
Secondly, it is the fault of those who opposed to the bitter end any effort to put end to all the above. You know who you are. Accept your personal responsibility. The ghosts of Salman Pak expect no less of you.
It is a credit to the American people that the great majority of us support the global war on terror, including the Iraq campaign.
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Post #117,088
9/8/03 3:33:18 PM
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Personal responsibility?
Here's a clue, Marlowe; citing yourself as an authoritative source doesn't work very well.
It's those self-same henchman (who number in the thousands, not 51) who are now being recruited to do their old job; yo keep the Iraqi people in line for the regime in place. The fact that the boss is now American instead of Iraqi is not likely to make a huge difference to their methods. After all, the people at the top are looking for results.
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Post #117,193
9/9/03 9:48:18 AM
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And here's a clue for you: try actually following the link.
It leads to a whole list of links to various sources.
But then, you never were much for thorough research. You and tangaroa. Opinionated, self righteous and above all, LAZY. Yes, you.
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Post #117,196
9/9/03 9:52:47 AM
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Yet Another Clue
Your argumentation sucks. Ad hominem doesn't work either.
You suck at your own game, and I see you still haven't addressed the central point, which is if the US "really" did this to get rid of the evil torturous murdering regime, why is your regime hiring the people who did the torturing and murdering for the first?
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