03-23-2006, 04:20 AM
I just love it when people use the excuse that Saddam was an insane dictator oppressing his people. Regurgitated propoganda just tells me at how easily some people are led and find it to ignore what's happening in the rest of the world.
I'm not going to disagree that Saddam was a bad leader and that there were serious human rights violations going on under his rule. What about China? Why don't we invade them and help them with their human rights violations? Oh yeah... they're one of our biggest trading partners in the world... not to mention the fact that they hold approximately 50% of the US debt.
The UN was created to step in and help the countries of the world respect each others sovereign rights. The US took it upon themselves to invade Iraq even after the UN agreed that Iraq didn't stand out as a particular threat to other countries. The action of breaking away from a global council is a pretty good way of thumbing your nose at the rest of the world.
And then you look at the charity given to other countries in the form of disaster relief. Most of the money you are referring to comes from independant charities as opposed to the government. Money comes from the Red Cross and the Salvation Army and hundreds of smaller organizations of charitable individuals that show how great the heart of the American people can be.
Going back to your basic civil rights I'm talking about your right to privacy. It doesn't matter if you're talking about muffin making or bomb building, having the right to talk about things in the privacy of your own home is a basic right. Once you give in on a single rights issue the others are easier to take away.
I'm not going to disagree that Saddam was a bad leader and that there were serious human rights violations going on under his rule. What about China? Why don't we invade them and help them with their human rights violations? Oh yeah... they're one of our biggest trading partners in the world... not to mention the fact that they hold approximately 50% of the US debt.
The UN was created to step in and help the countries of the world respect each others sovereign rights. The US took it upon themselves to invade Iraq even after the UN agreed that Iraq didn't stand out as a particular threat to other countries. The action of breaking away from a global council is a pretty good way of thumbing your nose at the rest of the world.
And then you look at the charity given to other countries in the form of disaster relief. Most of the money you are referring to comes from independant charities as opposed to the government. Money comes from the Red Cross and the Salvation Army and hundreds of smaller organizations of charitable individuals that show how great the heart of the American people can be.
Going back to your basic civil rights I'm talking about your right to privacy. It doesn't matter if you're talking about muffin making or bomb building, having the right to talk about things in the privacy of your own home is a basic right. Once you give in on a single rights issue the others are easier to take away.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.