| Re: Killing by the Numbers in Iraq (farmers die) |
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Group: alt.tv.americanidol · Group Profile
Author: Cure_EwanCure_Ewan Date: May 11, 2008 17:37
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> "Alric Knebel" cableone.net> wrote in message
> news:g5OdnVeDWtP-KbnVnZ2dnUVZ_ovinZ2d@giganews.com...>> topcat wrote:
>>> "Alric Knebel" cableone.net> wrote in message
>>> news:ys6dndPfebNwDLnVnZ2dnUVZ_rninZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>>>>>What the hell? I might as well join the fray. If the right-wing types
>>>>in here are going to post articles, why can't the progressive faction do
>>>>it, too.
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>>> Because you don't want to embarr-ass yourself?
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>> You're not embarrassed, so why should I be.
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>>> We've been attacked time and time again for over 30 years by terrorism
>>> that emanates from the middle east. We absolutely have to.
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>> Blah, blah, blah. Iraq didn't attack us. Get a clue. Try to figure out
>> what the real reason was.
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> While you are correct in the view that Iraq never attacked America (in
> fact the US was doing business with Saddam when he was commiting war
> crimes in Iran and against his own people) and we went into Iraq based on
> a pack of lies leaving Iraq now would be a mistake.
You may be surprised to learn that a Conservative disagrees with this
notion. Attempting to nation-build in that region is a costly mistake. We
have taken out the Hussein regime, it is now time to let the people of that
country sink or swim based on their desire (or lack thereof) to form a
lasting free government. What we SHOULD do is shore up the oil pipelines
with our military might, take a large percentage of that oil as repayment
for getting rid of their dictator and giving them a second chance, and keep
a large self-contained Air Force base in a remote part of the country. We
then use that base to take out the military threat Iran and Syria pose to
the rest of the region.
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