[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by oleg:
When Sadamm gased Kurds and Iranians, he was a "good guy", friend of Cheyney who supplied him chemicals.

I don't consider the French, Germans and Russians (Hussein's chemical suppliers) as Cheney's friends...

When Sadamm murdered shias, US army stayed 10 miles from Basra and did nothing. Just please don't tell this nonsense how you guys love Arabs !

There I do fault the original Bush administration. We should have taken out the SOB in Gulf War I when we had the chance.

Final rant, then I bow out - I get frustrated at times when I see how people react to the US's use of force. Compare what the US is doing in Iraq and what Russia is doing in Chechnya, and tell me with a straight face that there's no difference in how the two sides treat civilians in a combat zone. Wars are a necessary evil in this life - that sixties stuff about international "peace, love and understanding" is bull****. There will always be human beings who want to kill and conquer other human beings - and the ONLY way to stop some of them is to "whack" them. That's a cold, hard fact of life, friend, and if you don't want to face up to it, I suggest you start brushing up on your Arabic...

EDIT - I'm not mad at you personally, just frustrated at your apparent idealism...

[ March 14, 2004, 11:23: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]