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>>There was real faith
>>at work in the Crusades, for every knight there were hundreds of paupers
>>motivated by belief.
>Foot soldiers have always been motivated by different things than their
>leaders. To their leaders, foot soldiers are glorified draft animals.
It takes many hands, and feet, to complete the Devil's work...
>>And besides faith and greed, there was also
>>less controversial motives of self-interest such as escaping famine,
>>overpopulation etc.
> . . . and stupidity, a common side effect of belief. I prefer doubt.
Doubt makes you smart.
It surely does, which brings me to the following point.
>>Not child sacrifice, but something far more insidious and worrying
>>methinks.
>The Iraqi children are being murdered in cold blood so certain oil
companies can make more money for their owners.
Oh yes. Very profound, very Chomskyian, very predictable. So are you denying
the culpability of Iraqi regime in (1), prolonging the sanctions by clearly
continuing to deceive the international arms inspectors the presence of which
it agreed to as part of its surrender conditions back in 1991; (2) ensuring
that the sanctions really bite the common people of Iraq while members of
Saddams family make millions through sanction-busting; and (3) shamelessly
exploiting the suffering of the Iraqi people, to which it has been the
principal contributor, for propaganda purposes?
>In biblical terms they are being sacrificed on the altar of Mammon.
Or maybe it's the Whore of Babylon, although one would be loath to describe
Saddam as that. But they are being sacrificed on the altar of Saddam.
>The guys actually dropping the bombs and manning the blockade fleet honestly
believe they are doing the right thing. Better they should doubt.
Sure. But then again they might decide orders are orders...
BD
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