GOG

I wouldn't call a country where only 50-60% of the citizens vote for a democracy. I wouldn't call a country where the candidate with the most votes loses for a democracy either.

GOG

Are you aware of that the majority of those 1 millon people he killed was supported and encouraged by your own government? I would really like to know what was going on in the minds of the people that elected those bastards... Or is it so that those voters didn't have a clue what was coming?


Also, doesn't it seem a bit strange to you that the same people that provided Hussein with nerve gas is the same people that "liberated" Iraq? It's time to wake up and smell the coffee, your government doesn't give a shit about the people in Iraq, it's just all politics and money behind it.

digerati

But it's by choice they vote. Obviously the ones who don't just don't give a crap.

BWX

OMG- you do know we are called the United STATES right?? Notice <<----- "states" is capitalized??

They don't teach you about the electoral college in school??? I studied about it when I was 7 years old- and fully understood it by the time I was 10 yrs old.. Please. Go do a google search on it- you will understand our form of elections much better and wouldn't say silly things like that..

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digerati

I don't support us selling him weapons. But I think removing him was the right thing to do. I will agree that's stupid what we did, and most people here are too stupid to see that connection. But I think it was good to take him down, can we at least agree on that?

Hinerakatauri

Don't get me wrong I am var from Sadam loving. But the US started a war under false pretense.
It was first WMD's then the connection with Al Quida en then when the rest of the world wanted more prove it became freeing the Iraqis.
I still remember what Cheney said on CNN that they know where the weapons are and they observing them day and night.
If the US is a people loving country why do they support Israel and the Mass Murdere Sharon??? The worst thing is that Israel is doing the same things Sadam has done but on Palestinians.

FOR THE DUMB PEOPLE ONLY!!!!

Say there's a hostage situation in an house. would the US support the Hostages or the criminals??
Say that the hostages are the palestinians (IT's their land (house)) and the criminals are the Israeli (NOTE I DIDN"T SAY ONES JEWS)

I am one that thinks that at a democratie the voters (everyone who is allowed to vote) are as quilty as their goverment. They have the power for change. And if there isn't a suitable candidate at that time it's their duty to put themselves or someone who does represent them up as a candidate.

Falstaff

I feel the same way, the people elected their leaders because of their intense partcipation in the democratic process, or their lack of interest. Either way they have made a choice.

Poisen Gas, Ballistic Missles, Chemical weapons and biological labs did exist in IRAQ, and Saddam used them. He murdered hundreds of thousands or perhaps even a million of his own people and used his weapons on IRANIANS during their conflict, the bodies are still being found. What is considered a false pretense is definitely hard to prove. The man was a self styled Stalinist, and a murderer.

With Palestinian question, there are few parallels with any other country. Israel or Palestine as the case may be, is peopled by two different cultures that had coexisted for centuries and until 60 years ago, peacefully. With the struggle for power between the two comes conflict. I know the British that occupied the area for some time respected the Israeli and Palestinian people but definitely suffered more from Israeli attacks. The struggle for independence from Palestine by the Israeli's is legend and replete with stories of sacrifice and bravery. We certainly devoted a great deal of our time and resources to keep the country alive, and they possess a huge arsenal of weapons which they have no inhibition to use if necessary. I dont believe you can compare Sharon to Hussein, it would be inaccurate to compare Saddam with anyone except despots and meglomaniacs that have come before.

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GOG

Come on now Jeff, where exactly did Hussein get the majority of those chemical substances from? It's like giving candy to a kid, telling it not to eat it.

GOG

Btw, Merry Christmas to you all

digerati

I don't care if you say Jews or not. But they are in no way compareable to Saddam. I never once thought the war was necessary. I never once believed they had nuclear weapons. And I didn't think they were tied with Al Quida or however you spell it. The dude had to be stopped, and he is, we remain to rebuild to make sure we don't look evil and to assure Iraqi's that none of the local clans takes power.

digerati

You too!