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Scribbler1 · Oct 19, 2003, 10:59 pm

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Were 20,000 people killed DELIBERATELY by US bombs? No.
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Actually the answer is yes. We went to war knowing that many would lose their lives, but we said screw em' Halliburton needs their paycheck. Just becaise Sadam killed more people than we did, doesn't mean that it's okay that we do.<hr size="1" /></blockquote>

This seems to be an argument about how we (Americans) think of ourselves and our "allies" as opposed to the way the rest of the world sees US. I find it unfathomable to think that otherwise reasonable people in this country swallow whole the illusion that we are the force of goodness and reason in this world and anyone who opposes what we do must surely be delusional, barbaric, stupid or a combination of all three. When I was a kid, that's what we grew up on and it's hard to think otherwise. My experience with a lot of people teaches me that it's a little TOO hard to think we and those we support (remember, Saddam was our buddy when he was at war with Iran) might not always be the good guys.

The world is indeed flat. It exists between the Mexican and Canadian borders and everything else is just insignificant.

Oct 19, 2003, 10:59 pm	#123 (permalink) (top)
Scribbler1 Skeptical Patriot Posts: 7,746	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Section 8,) </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by Were 20,000 people killed DELIBERATELY by US bombs? No. <hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> Actually the answer is yes. We went to war knowing that many would lose their lives, but we said screw em' Halliburton needs their paycheck. Just becaise Sadam killed more people than we did, doesn't mean that it's okay that we do.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> This seems to be an argument about how we (Americans) think of ourselves and our "allies" as opposed to the way the rest of the world sees US. I find it unfathomable to think that otherwise reasonable people in this country swallow whole the illusion that we are the force of goodness and reason in this world and anyone who opposes what we do must surely be delusional, barbaric, stupid or a combination of all three. When I was a kid, that's what we grew up on and it's hard to think otherwise. My experience with a lot of people teaches me that it's a little TOO hard to think we and those we support (remember, Saddam was our buddy when he was at war with Iran) might not always be the good guys. The world is indeed flat. It exists between the Mexican and Canadian borders and everything else is just insignificant. Not a day goes by that I don't see something that reinforces my belief that people are idiots.