<TABLE class=tborder id=post2810148 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD class=alt1 id=td_post_2810148>Unbelievable.
I wonder if Panda has visited former totalitarian strongholds (any former members of the Soviet Satellite states, would suffice). I wonder how the people in those countries would take to some of her comments in this thread. Panda, I don't think you have a clue the hardship 'containment' brought on the Iraqi people, the region and the world community, nor the cost of keeping such a tyrant in his UN playpen. From your simplistic perch of moral self righteousness, war it always the choice between "all good" and "all bad." Another modern pacifist who devotes most of the her energy against America, rather than the forces of evil that propel them into action.
Newsflash: Saddam invaded Kuwait. He should have been behind bars hours after his Republican guard stormed into another sovereign country. End of story.
I don’t quite understand, Panda. On one hand she claims, she isn’t a nationalist (‘statist’), but then she says,
"I would expect and hope that Canadians would sign up in droves to defend their country. I would use my balcony for sniper shots, for example."
Oh, my! If
Canada were attacked? What happened to your "anti-statist" rants?
There is something very inconsistent and opportunistic about Panda’s argument. Either you are a 'statist' or not. If you are not a 'statist' and your "anti-war" motive is derived from the fact there is too much human suffering and bloodshed in this world, then you should be banging on about more military intervention, not less -- no matter who is on the front lines. More often than not, military intervention becomes the most humane course of all actions. (Saddam killed over 1 million -- just one example.)
If you are a 'statist' then accept the fact America was attacked and has every right to defend herself against nation states who practice terror with it's enemies. Saddam's intel officers tried to assasinate a former Commander in Chief (if this isn't an act of war, what is?), and had numerous dealings with those enemies who attacked America, not only on 9/11, but various attacks the 90s. If that isn't reason for alarm, please tell me what is?
Actually, it doesn't matter. In both cases, you're wrong.
JR, I don't proofread posts addressed to Turd Spammy. I probably meant 'irrespective.' Blow me.
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</TD><TD class=alt1 align=right><!-- controls --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>So this is allowed by mods but when I simply ask JoCo to swallow my trouser snake it's deleted? Nice to know the standards. Thanks.
