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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Bullshit. Here's some facts
Our ally was selling weapons to Iraq to shoot down our planes. John Kerry wants us to be more sensitive to what that ally wants us to do. Ty and his crew will parse, and twist and avoid this rather shocking discovery. We are near end times Sebastian. You must choose.
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Hank -
There's a difference between supporting Bush for the articulate reasons you just noted and supporting Bush just because you think he's "a decent honorable god fearing man", even though you know nothing of his policies.
Now, substantively, this "story" you've cited is a non-event. We knew that both Russia and the French were selling all sorts of things to Iraq before the war. Months before we attacked, we discovered that not only were the Iraqis using Russian missile technology, there were actually Russian consultants in Iraq helping them operate it. I don't see you clamoring for Putin's head.
And contrary to your mischaracterization, Iraq was not "our enemy" at the time we attacked them. They never attacked us. Ever. They attacked Kuwait. We're not Kuwait. Iraq's only crime was being the easiest country in the middle east we could justify toppling at the time we invaded.
Its not as simple as the black and white "choice" you offer. That is exactly the sort of simple resolution the people I just derided want. They want it simple. God forbid they have to actually understand something somplicated, and God forbid they learn that there really is no good vs. evil in foreign relations - that we're all guilty of crimes. God forbid they open a book and dicsover that some of our own mis-steps led to this nadir. We're never wrong. Evil has lain down the gauntlet. Freedom is on the march! USA! USA! USA!
Your story is a non-event,
SD
