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Originally posted by dig420
Right after we go after Saddam for being a bad guy, we're gonna go after all those African dictators who make meals out of their citizens right? And then we're gonna go after the Pakistani government, since they repress their citizens every bit as ruthlessly as Saddam Hussein. Next up are the Saudis, then Russia, then China.
Riiiiiiiight.....
if you think this is about anything other than us wanting to gain and keep control of abundant oil supplies then you're a propaganda victim. We don't go after dictators on human rights grounds, we INSTALL them when it suits our purposes and we back them against their opposition.
It's not American to kill for oil, and it's not American to believe everything your leaders tell you without looking into the situation for yourself.
There's a word for a nationalist political system that puts your own country's financial well-being above all other considerations. It's called Fascism. There's a word for people who believe their nation is greater than all others just because they were born here, and that word is 'Fascist'. Call it what it is. Waving a flag doesn't make you a Patriot and a good citizen, working to make your government accountable and just does.
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That is a stunning summation of the current attitudes toward intervention in Iraq. Facism wrapped in the flag. You're 100% right although your views are not likely to be popular Stateside.
Not gonna be too long until people with your viewpoint are themselves going to be considered terrorists and sent to Guantanamo Bay.
Peace
Bravo