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Where do you even start with this wanker's misstatements?
1 posted on 08/27/2002 1:25:23 PM PDT by mountaineer
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To: mountaineer
Where do you even start with this wanker's misstatements?

Here's a good place:

He was their man, a thug whose Ba'athist Party was brought to power by the CIA in what the CIA official responsible described as "our favourite coup". Moreover, he was sustained in power during the 1980s by Ronald Reagan, George Bush Senior and Margaret Thatcher, who gave him all the weapons he wanted, often clandestinely and illegally; in Washington, the relationship was known as "the love affair".

The US did not "give" Saddam Hussein "weapons" under Reagan, we SOLD him dual-use techonlogies which could be used to develop weapons.

NEXT!

2 posted on 08/27/2002 1:32:14 PM PDT by eshu
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Meanwhile:

NINE months have passed since William Farish, the US Ambassador to London, declared: "We'll have bin Laden within a fortnight." But Farish will be interested to know that top international bank JP Morgan Chase shares none of his optimism. Fearful of another September 11-style attack, the bank is giving emergency survival packs to all of its 85,000 employees. Each pack contains a small gas mask, a container of purified water, a light stick to see in darkness and a whistle to call for help. Staff - including those who work in the City of London - are meant to keep the pack "in a convenient location in your office or work area". New York-based spokesman Brian Marchiony says: "It can never hurt to be prepared for unpleasant scenarios." also from the Mirror.

Perhaps if London were subjected to the sort of unpleasant scenario that occurred in New York and D.C. on Sept. 11 ... ? Naah, even if they had cold, hard proof of Saddam's involvement, I doubt it would make a difference.

3 posted on 08/27/2002 1:32:50 PM PDT by mountaineer
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George W Bush and his own unelected, Christian fundamentalist regime face a dilemma.

Wrong - George W Bush won the electoral college vote.

Also, there are many non-Christians in his "regime" as well.

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6 posted on 08/27/2002 1:41:04 PM PDT by eshu
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To: mountaineer
You start with this:

"George W Bush and his own unelected, Christian fundamentalist regime face a dilemma. An attack on Iraq and conflict in the Middle East would provide a timely boost for American's military-industry-complex, for which the Senate has voted an historic increase in expenditure of £24billion. It would also divert attention from a sick economy and the corporate corruption scandals in which Bush and his vice-president are immersed up to their necks."

The above contains all the mistaken beliefs of those opposing this conflict. Seemingly, they do not understand that a true, representative democracy requires capitalism. Only by both freedoms can one progress economically sufficient to garner the economic surplus which is the sine qua non of a successful war. The saver, the entrepreneur and the technocrat all serve the consumer who is king in our kind of society. Unfortunately, the masses and the literati are often jealous or envious of success not only of the individuals who succeed in this system but of the system itself which does not recognize their alleged superiority of morality and judgement.

This is the problem --Britain along with most of the Western powers have renounced traditional liberalism in favor of centralized power. Like the Islamic radicals or dictators their rule is based not on serving the masses but serving the masters who just happen to be they. Our job is to convince, even by military means if necessary, the unformed, ignorant societies who are our adversaries that representative democracy, capitalism and liberty are the goals of every society that wishes to better the lot of the average person. It should be no surprise socialists, socialist-hangers-on and big, intrusive government devotees are also our political adversaries.

If we fail to succeed at this, future generations will face even more dangers. Statism is the new heresy -- it pursues its ends with an intolerant religious fervor which takes no prisoners. Stalin and Hitler are not dead they are only resting.

7 posted on 08/27/2002 1:41:56 PM PDT by shrinkermd
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