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Originally posted by scarlet
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The invasion launched by George W. Bush was heralded by the most frightening and powerful use of force and military violence in recent history. His Shock and Awe bombardment of Baghdad was designed to intimidate and coerce the government as well as the civilian population of that nation to change its existing leadership. That, in itself, was a political objective.
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Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
This is blatant anti-American propaganda and it is especially egregious considering that the remains of 3000 Kurdish men, women, and children are being exhumed from a mass grave in Iraq.
Originally posted by LEO J
You are correct Scarlet, Iraq is one issue. The other issue is the people of The United States of America, they have been a target of the Bush administration from day one; 911, anthrax, and DC sniper were all terrorist acts against the American people. The Bush administration has done nothing but try to scare the hell out of us. If George W Bush was not appointed as President by the Supreme Court, there would have been no 911.
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George W. Bush, in his unprovoked attack against the sovereign nation of Iraq, openly violated the UN Charter, to which the US is a signatory. The Charter's core principles contained in Article 2(4) and Article 51 prohibit one nation from attacking another except in self-defense or with the authority of the U.N. In effect, George Bush launched an unlawful use of force against persons and property.
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The invasion launched by George W. Bush was heralded by the most frightening and powerful use of force and military violence in recent history. His Shock and Awe bombardment of Baghdad was designed to intimidate and coerce the government as well as the civilian population of that nation to change its existing leadership. That, in itself, was a political objective.
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The purpose of the invasion and ensuing occupation of Iraq was to replace the existing dictatorship with an American-backed form of democracy that would not permit the emergence of a government headed by the majority Shia religious leadership. These motives were unquestionably political and social.
And 30,ooo now dead in Iraq is a better deal, right? Not to mention our own-
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
This is blatant anti-American propaganda and it is especially egregious considering that the remains of 3000 Kurdish men, women, and children are being exhumed from a mass grave in Iraq.
It depends on your perspective. Bush claims that he attacked in self-defense. The beautiful thing about words is that they can be stretched and re-cast. If a Palestinian kids so much as throws a peanut on American soil we can annihilate him and his entire country in a holy maelstrom of nuclear war ... in the name of self-defense. It's the perspective that grants validity to the term. And the UN charter has no provision for establishing if a country acted in self defense or not.
War is ugly. War is violent. War is not only designed to intimidate, but, yes kiddies, it's designed to kill too. This charge is silly.
That was a purpose, of many, of the invasion. This is unquestionably the best way to "reform" foreign nations. Democracy has a subtle way of prying a mother country's legs open to capitalistic ... "affection." The Bush modi operandi is Secure American .... by any means neccessary.
No idiots post here. Just someone who sees the TRUTH and isnt afraid to speak.
Originally posted by American Mad Man
Originally posted by LEO J
You are correct Scarlet, Iraq is one issue. The other issue is the people of The United States of America, they have been a target of the Bush administration from day one; 911, anthrax, and DC sniper were all terrorist acts against the American people. The Bush administration has done nothing but try to scare the hell out of us. If George W Bush was not appointed as President by the Supreme Court, there would have been no 911.
YOU ARE AN IDIOT!
(go ahead mods, give me the warning)
To link Bush with Anthrax, the DC sniper, and ESPECIALLY 9/11 is pathetic and shows that you have ZERO rational thought.