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And you preferred that approach?
After he insulted me
But that doesn't count. That's nothing. Cause I have an invalid opinion, and therefore he can act as he wants.
All while you protest against people regaining a piece of freedom. Good job puppy.
So what was?
We did
But to cover the point better, why shouldn't we?
The UN should have stepped in? I agree.
Do they ever? Nope.
Hell, it even took a bunch of musicians to address the problems in Ethiopia a few years ago...
I've heard this alot, even before the war started, but noone seems to be able to offer a practical alternative.
Agreed, but the UN had their chance and they didn't act.
Do they ever though? And what's to be done when they don't?
That foul mouthed cunt Geldof swore live on CD:UK last week :mad:
We should declare war :mad:
well in that case i apologise, i never saw Roll make a personal attack first to either you or Kiezo, just saw you both do it first, i must have missed it then,
But why do you have an invalid opinion, and why call me puppy?
That's always a good thing to hear
And that's why I'm walking the demo... just to point out that there are more reasons to march than the illegal war.
Well, they can hardly attack everyone at once, for a start.
Actually it was Saddam's fault that so many died. Numerous third party agencies have confirmed that aid was being delieved to Iraq all the time sanctions were in place, but Saddam and his regieme refused to distribute it amongst the people.
Not sure why these are connected, but gun culture is not something that the president holds sway over. There are too many powerful pro-gun lobbies for him to make a change.
So you believe they have plans to attack every other country with human rights issues?
Ah yes and as the war was on America helped out of the goodness of their hearts to drop supplies in to Baghdad... Peanut butter
Because of sanctions on Iraq no new medical technology could make it across the border and people were too poor to even afford medicine anyway. So you're saying the sanctions were a good thing? If you ask me they should have got rid of Sadaam when they had the chance and even if he was restricting the food distribution (which probably appeared in the Sun, although I wouldn't put it past him) this is a protest against George Bush, not a comparison between them both. As I've said the reason why I'm protesting is because I disagree with what America have done in certain areas, not what Iraq has done.
If you want info on the weapons of mass destruction click here .
did you know that house prices in baghdad were rising with rising employment?
most people ignore the fact that before GWB arrived in the whitehouse, the international community were working on ending the sanctions and allowing iraq to once again freely export oil ...thereby bringing much needed currency into the country, foriegn contracts were being disscussed again all becuase the europeans, the russians, the chineese had concluded that iraq posed no serious threat to anyone any more and it was the international community that were causing virtualy all the death, poverty and other sufferings of the people?
...and yes jacq i am repeating myself because people conveniantly ignore these FACTS.
most of you aren't old enough to remember donald rumsfeld visiting saddam with big handshakes and smiles and encouraging him to believe that america would not intervene if he attacked kuwait ...which was part of iraq anyway till we gave it away.
Why should he listen to you, what is it that you offer him which will make him stand up and pay attention? At the moment he can just ignore you, your voice is an irrelevance to him.
Unless you understand what is it that you want to get from protesting, then you are wasting your time.
So you make a lot of noise, then what? Nothing will change because you don't matter to George W. Bush.
As for Blair, you can vote him out at the next election, if you want. THAT is how you will get heard.
However, when you consider that the majority of the Stop The War Coalition are socialists, I doubt that the Tories will get many votes from them. Which leave the LibDems and you aren't going to mobilise enough people in the right places for them to form the next Govt. Which leaves who? Ah, Tony Blair.
So, why should he listen to you. What can you offer him?
BTW I don't like Bush or most of what he stands for. But he is the head of state for one of our closet allies. If we cannot offer him the courtesy of a State visit, then who should get one?
We've had the former Romanian leader here - and he was a butcher. We've had the Chinese Premier here, and I really don't think that his record is anything to be proud of either...
So why not Bush?
No, not that they have plans and I think that you knew that wasn;t what was meant.
As I said earlier, we should be asking them why they won't act against these regimes - in whatever way is necessary - rather than why they ousted a despotic regime.
Unless you are happy for these violations to continue?
Actually they, and we, did a whole lot more than that. Because our caulaties were so low, our Army Hospital were able to treat many of the people who had suffered under Saddam's regime.
As for Peanut Butter - do you know how much protein is in that? It's actually a good source...
Er, the UN sanctions you mean. They came about following Gulf War 1 and Saddam's lack of complaince with UN resolutions.
And if I'm not mistaken the extension on sanctions is what the Stop the War campaign wanted instead of war?
I really didn't want to get drawn by this but...
So only intellectuals should get a good education?
Why shouldn't excellence in sport be a reason to give someone a scholarship? Bear in mind the background of many of the people you are talking about and remember that College in the US is not state funded and so poor background children find it harder to get to college. If anything the removal of these scholarships actually could lead to a reduction in the number of people from a poor background getting such an education, further undermining the meritocracy that you want...