Posted on 02/18/2003 4:20:27 AM PST by kattracks
I love the great one, and agree as a matter of principle. But the fact is that had it not been for the U.S. and its allies, the status quo would continue. Saddam would feel no pressure to comply with a toothless U.N.
Why people would go from the west to Iraq and pass out brochures saying "We're on your side" and believe they are actually helping them, is beyond me. They have to learn the lesson that freedom is not free. Freedom does not come from pacifism. It has a price.
ADL LIE: "Gun control" makes you safer, at the cost of "minor" inconvenience, e.g., permits, waiting periods, registration bans on, and confiscation of, some firearms and magazines.
JPFO FACT: The down-side to "gun control" is genocide, and mortal peril to those in the U.S. armed services, who have recently been deployed overseas thanks to "gun control".
In this century there have been at least seven major genocides in which at least 56,000,000 persons, including millions of children, have been murdered by officials of governments "gone bad". The seven cases are:
1915 - 1917 Ottoman Turkey, 1.5 million Armenians murdered;
1929 - 1953 Soviet Union, 20 million people that opposed Stalin were murdered;
1933 - 1945 Nazi occupied Europe, 13 million Jews Gypsies and others that opposed Hitler were murdered;
1948 - 1952 China, 20 million anti communists;
1960 - 1981 Guatemala, 100,000 Mayan Indians Murdered;
1971 - 1979 Uganda, 300,000 Christians and Political Rivals of Idi Amin murdered;
1975 - 1979 Cambodia, 1 million educated persons murdered.TOTAL VICTIMS: 56 MILLION!
In every case, there was on the books before the murdering began, at least one "gun control" law, sometimes the last of a series. In five of the seven cases, "gun control" was first enacted by a regime that came before the genocide regime -- sometimes decades before.
The United States does, since the plan is to get Saddam and his regime out of Iraq and free the Iraqi people. Iraqi dissidents living in free countries already have plans for Western style representative government in Iraq.
THEN, we can deal with Saddam at a later date, while enjoying an intelligence WINDFALL from his post-exile words, actions and movement...until such time as he is quitely dealt with. At least that's the way I always saw the plan. Russia wouldn't be a bad spot for Saddam right now. Putin gets his continued oil contracts, and gets Saddam, who's no doubt behind at least some Chechan terrorism. Better there than an Arab country.
Czech crystal! Absolutely magnificent glassware, jewelry (garnets set in gold), and BEER. The favorite Czech beer here is called "Rebel." The term "pilsner" is derived from its city of origin, Plsen, in Bohemia.
Hmmmm. I'm not so sure. If he has decided that is better for France not to expand the EU, and he wanted to strengthen the anti-EU movement in Eastern Europe, then maybe this insult was successful and quite intentional.
With the French it is always important to remember that they are utterly machievelian. They have no honor, no scruples and no shame. They are perfectly willing to loose "face," to be embarassed, or to be perceived as fools or as cowards (or to keep millions of Iraqis under murderous, dictatorial oppression) so long as it increases or preserves their real power.
Don't forget Slovakia. When the Wall came down, Czechoslovakia agreed to a friendly separation into the original states. It is two countries now, Czech Republic (Bohemia, Moravia) to the north, and Slovakia to the south.
Mr. ChIraq (Your Irrelevancy):
Your posturing means nothing - you have blood on your hands. You are beneath contempt. George W. Bush is an honorable man. You are a treacherous Vichy cheese eating surrender monkey. We will not forget your collaboration with evil.
Sincerely yours,
[real name] , American
P.S. Don't bother to reply - nothing French will ever cross my doorstep again
Add that the Armenian were Christians and add to that tens of thousands of Greek and Assyrian Christians who were also murdered.
They get it!
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