On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 05:58:31 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: <snip>
>> "FACTS" are pieces of information which have been PROVEN to be TRUE. > If by definition all "FACTS" are statements that have been PROVEN to be > TRUE, then why do we always hear so many politicians and news analysts > using the phrase "true facts"? Is there any such thing as a "false > fact"? Good point. ;-) Here's another..... Q) How can we tell that a politician (or news analyst), is lying to us ? A) Their lips are moving. ;-) <snip> >> I *do* DEMAND the we be shown this (as yet), 'phantom' proof. > You cannot expect your demands to be met as long as the government > persists in claiming that the "phantom" proof is found only in some > classified documents. There are a lot of things that the American > people *demand* to know about, but the government refuses to release > the information. Precisely. ;-) <snip> > Whenever a country devotes its wealth and resources to building up > its military might to a level far exceeding what is reasonable and > necessary for providing for the country's defense and security, then > the government is stealing from the people. That sounds suspiciously like what has been going on here in the U.S. for over 50 years. :((( > The wealth should be > dedicated for expenditures to benefit the people instead of for so > much unnecessary weaponry and equipment and personnel for its military > forces. 100% agreement here. Now.... how do we achieve this 'end goal' ??? ;-) >> There IS proof the the United States government helped Saddam to achieve >> what power he *did* have. >> http://images.embarrassing.net/Rumsfeld-vs-Saddam.jpg >> This is but one very small piece of such proof. >> (many more exist) >> So, "from a certain point of view" I suppose that the US government *could* >> be considered justified in their actions of simply 'taking back' the power >> which they gave to him in the first-place. *(see footnote at bottom)<g> > Right. There are always many strings attached to accepting military aid > from another country. Again, I agree. One of those 'strings'..... Do what we tell you to do... or we will bomb you out of existence. Along with as many of your citizens as happen to 'get in our way'. Yes, those are quite harsh words. But is that not *exactly* what is being done right now? -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/aqc/ *footnote That was a just sarcastic statement made for the purpose of 'stirring the pot' even more than I already had. <g g g>
