On 3 Sep 2002 at 13:09, Archibald Scatflinger wrote:
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>
>
> > ...The below post is a definite shoe-in for "bleeding heart of the
> > year" award. this blows away anything even casey couldve come up
> > with!
> however,
> > it is largely a case of scatflinging. at one point youre "bravely"
> stating
> > how you can justify sending thousands of people to their deaths to
> > avoid
> the
> > "risk" of millions being killed...and in VERY black and white terms
> > you
> have
> > flung your scat. you then follow it up by claiming that your
> > bleeding
> heart
> > would much rather die a "cruel and horrible death" than know that
> > one "innocent" had died to spare your life - oh PLEAAAASE! dont
> > piss on the ceiling and tell us it's raining. at least have the
> > courage to not
> bullshit
> > about such things.
>
>
> I don't know if you noticed but I don't think you did. The first
> paragraph is something that JoeDees wrote and the second paragraph was
> my response. I am well aware that I live a much better life then many
> in the world. Thanks in part to the oil mongering leaders of past who
> have used violence and aggression to ensure cheap oil supplies to the
> U.S. which has allowed this country to advance faster then many
> others. I am also well aware that there are starving children in the
> world and I am sorry that I don't think bombing another country to
> ensure the uninterrupted oil supply will help feed any of those
> children. I do what I can every day to ensure that in the future this
> imbalance of resources will become more balanced. Since I doubt you
> will read this closely enough to understand my point, think what you
> will.
>
You got the reason and the modus both wrong. Bombing alone would
not do it; the toppling of Saddam Hussein will require US boots on the
ground, and the reason for doing so is not to ensure the uninterrupted
oil supply to the US alone, but to prevent Saddam from engaging, either
directly or through Islamic terrorist mediation, in global nuclear terror
and blackmail combined with a global energy stranglehold should he
once again attempt to take the Arabian Peninsula, as is a continuing
ambition of his. After all, if he is to become a Caliph like his hero
Saladin, he must control the 'two holy places' of Mecca and Medina,
and controlling all that Saudi, Kuwaiti and UAE oil is great gravy for a
regional despot with global designs.
>
> Smile
> Archibald
>
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