"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 07:00 PM 10/13/2002 -0700 d.brin wrote: > >Do you have ANY british friends? have you bothered > >even remotely to find out what other people in other > >lands think? Under Clinton we were admired. Nearly > >all foreigners were puzzled/amazed by Monicagate. > >They nearly now all think we are crazed cowboys. > > Europeans tend to be much more left-wing than > Americans, and have always had greater affinity > for our Democratic, rather than our Republican > Presidents.
So does that mean that european opinions should be ignored because they are so left-wing? They still have some good ideas. > >2. We have NO solid evidence for major transportable > >deliverable WMDs in Iraq. This dogwag is based on the > >principle that we can charge into any country, any time, > >based on rumors! Any wonder the rest of the world hates > >it? So why are we squandering all our good will dragging > >them in? > > Rumours? How are we supposed to take you seriously, when > you make statements like this?: How are we supposed to take the administration seriously, when they haven't provided a shred of evidence, not even a satellite picture of something that *could* be a weapons lab? The only facts they give are ones such as "Saddam's a really bad guy who opresses and kills his people, oh, and he supports terrorism." The response to such "evidence" is "duh! We all knew that for years. Now why is it so important to you that you have to take him out RIGHT NOW?" You talk about having the moral right to invade a foreign country, destroy its government, and install what in all appearances would be a puppet regime. There are a very, very limited set of circumstances which could warrant such reprehensible actions, and those conditions have not been met. If we had proof and solid evidence and SHARED IT WITH THE WORLD that Hussein is trying to make N/B/C WMDs and planning on using them on people once they're ready, then we would have the "moral right" to do what GWB describes. The only moral right we have, IMHO to stop human rights abuses in Iraq is to offer assylum, a safe and comfortable place to live, and an easy escape to those people who suffer at the hands of Saddam's regime. At this time, Bush has a stronger case for attacking North Korea than he does Iraq. -- Matt _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
