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Originally Posted by lulu
Iraq.
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I'm assuming, possibly incorrectly, that you're answering the question I posed to Marlin.
You really believe that Iraq is a colony of the US? You believe that the US has embarked upon empire building akin to the powers of Europe?
I just don't know what to say about that.
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There is no doubt in my mind that France must stop interfering in African affairs.
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Where's your outrage? Why did you not start there rather than defend your country's position and make meaningless juxtapositions to the US?
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Since you obviously feel the same way, fatboy, you should see that the US were wrong to invade Iraq in the time and manner they did. Using force as a last resort may be necessary, but using it as a first resort is criminal.
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Though I've written this countless times before, I will again clarify my position on this. I wish we didn't have to. I wish the UN would've taken a stand. I wish the UN would be the ruling body on what is, and what is not, acceptable behavior in the world. And I wish it were staffed with leaders who had the courage to stand up for what they believed in.
The UN chose not to fulfill my wishes and it is staffed with leaders concerned more for their place in the world than for the safety and peace of the world. If you also insist on arguing that war was a first resort then I'm, again, simply speechless at your inexplicable ignorance of the UN's history with Iraq. It honestly boggles the mind.
I'm only asking for a little consistency, reason, and logic from across the pond. There have been countless opportunities for Europeans to cry out, in the same strong voices they employed to deride the US, that the actions of their own countries were not circumspect. These opportunities, even when initiated by others, have gone on to yield not the anger I would assume, but the same types of defenses used by some Americans to defend the invasion of Iraq. It's hypocrisy in the extreme.