18 Feb
2003
18 Feb
'03
6:03 p.m.
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Al Hartman wrote:
Unfortunately, those who have the President's ear seem to think so.
Colin Powell showed real evidence that some people who
happen to be from
the Middle East (Not sure if Hussein and his people are Arabs) are doing
some bad stuff.
Ha. Ha ha. Ha.
The discussion is about bad people who happen to be
Arab. Not that all
Arabs are bad people.
Are you certain?
And it so happens, that a lot of terrorists in the
world today are from
the Middle East. Used to be, terrorists were Northern Irish...
"Terrorist" is a very subjective title. Anyone who would disagree is
probably a terrorist.
The fact that some of the worst incidents have been
perpetrated by
people from the Middle East does not make Americans, British or others
wrong for noticing it. If anything, it means that it calls for others in
the Middle East to speak up and use the social pressures or peers to put
a stop to their fellow citizens (all these bad people must be SOMEONE'S
brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, cousins, neighbors...) doing all
this bad stuff.
Well, since I'm American, I would rather focus on calling on my fellow
Americans to realize the arrogance of our ways and the death and pillage
we have wreaked upon other nations around the world.
I feel it is my patriotic duty to point out the serious flaws that this
country seems to want to ignore.
The displeasure that is aimed towards Middle Eastern
people from people
in the West is because this isn't happening. People are being killed
daily, and instead of having Millions of people stand up and protest
that.... We have millions of people stand up and protest somebody trying
to put a stop to it.
I do stand up and protest the fact that dozens of Palestinians (mostly
civilians) are being killed every month. Does that count? Or maybe
because they're Arabs it doesn't?
Yes, I think that's stupid. And I think the people
who condemn the
police instead of the criminals, are stupid...
Criminal can also be a subjective term. Anyone who doesn't believe so is
guilty of something.
We all know a
good A-rab is a dead A-rab. Fuck
them. Let's go in there and take their precious
oil from them so they can never use the profits
to finance terrorism anymore. That'll end all
terrorism forever and ever and we can live happily
ever after guzzling all the free oil we want.
Not all American's or Westerners believe this. While I would like that Terrorists get no money at
all, from any source.
And I'm pretty sure lots of Saudi money does indeed go to support
terrorism. Drug money from Poppy sales also goes there, and other money
goes there also.
Yes, American tax dollars go to support terrorism. For instance, all
those billions of dollars we give to Israel every year.
I would like to see the oil money stay in the Middle
East, but used to
feed and care for the people there. To provide water, sanitation,
schooling, and good lives for the people in Middle Eastern countries.
Rather than being spent on Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction or
persecution of Non Muslim peoples.
And I would like to see the $397 billion dollars that we just gave to the
Pentagon to blow up Arabs be re-directed to domestic concerns such as
solving the homeless problem (for one) and maybe fixing the economy.
That is VERY frustrating for Americans. I contribute
money to charities
all the time, and just get sick when I think of all the Billions of
Dollars spent on weapons and death that instead should have been spent
on life and making the lives of people better.
You mean like a $397 billion Pentagon budget?
People who are Anti-American, and Anti-Bush just
don't know the truth
about Americans or George Bush. They buy all sorts of stories that
aren't true. Make up motivations that aren't real.
Maybe they aren't "Anti-American" at all. Maybe they are just
"Anti-Buush" because they see through the facade.
We liberated Kuwait, but if you notice did not take
the country over.
We didn't need to. We struck deals to get steady flows of oil from them
for cheap in perpetuity for saving their asses.
We returned it to the rightful rulers.
We turned it back over to a totalitarian monarchy.
We've done the same throughout history.
Yes, Central America thanks us for all the peace and democracy we brought
them.
History shows that Americans aren't interested in
ruling the world, only
liberating other people to be free and happy.
That's a good one.
So, let's get back to discussing Classic
Computers...
We'd better, since some of us seem too naive to seriously discuss
politics.
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