"Not incredibly severe"... Uhm, I reckon that thing, if it hits, will have slightly more impact on global weather systems than Krakatoa had when that went "pop" big-style last time around.
Where-ever this things lands, lets hope it lands where the most despicable living politician in the world currently is residing. And to borrow a phrase from current despicable politicians and top brass, any civilians that goes in the same bang, they are "just collateral"...
Because in UK people know sarcasm and cynicism and are suitable prepared to handle/deal with it appropriately. Also, an Englishman is able to very eloquently and nicely tell SCO what they can do with legal threats and where any related paperwork can be stored while leaving SCO in no doubt that the answer was a resounding 'NO'.
Does that answer your question?
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Well, seems like the action taken in Germany made SCO shut up there, so perhaps all that is required is some forward-thinking company with interest in Linux (Big Blue, are you listening?) to take SCO to court and ask them to substantiate their claims before they ask for (extortion) money.
Considering the tendencies in Jesusland at the moment, I am surprised the 'enterprising spammers' has not been invited to sit in the Senate...
Joke aside, just introduce a bill that ensures any spammers located in the USA have to do 24 months military service on the front line if they are caught. Should sort out them pesky 'enemy combatants' in no-time. Getting an extra 75,000 soldiers for free should make war a little easier...
About 85%-90% of the spam I receive seems to be merkin - advertising pharmacy sh!te, penile enlargements, p0rn and mortgages, the rest seems to be fairly evenly spread over stuff in some east asian encodings and cyrillic.
Seems that 'harvesting' e-mail addresses from web forums and mailing lists is a merkin habit. Some throw-away mail addys I have used recently for this, is only getting merkin spam.
Got to hand it to you merkins though, you seem to have the filthiest women in the world, all them housewives that can't wait to get married just so they can cheat. (All according to the spam of course...)
how good can someone's life be if they are jobless in a capitalist society such as our own?
In any capitalist society, no job equates to begging and starving. Most people in their lifetime will be 'between jobs' at some stage. This is one of the reasons a good few of the European countries have SocialDemocrat parties polling 25%-40% of the votes. In Europe people tend to value quality of life, and hence social security.
I read the website http://lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/, the future predicted there will affect the average American more than the average European. Peak Oil has happened, now we have to live with it.
The essence of a democracy encourages fair play and compromise but only until a voting majority of the representatives is reached. Once that majority is reached, it's "screw the minority".
Aye, I agree. However, in the security council that is not quite the case. When one of the frequent veto users are in the minority they fire off the veto, like the little brat in the pram chucking all the toys out because they are not getting their own way.
Disband it and start again. The basics work in the UN, there are only a few minor things that require tweaking. If the charter does not allow for that because a couple countries doesn't like playing by equal rules to everyone else, throw it away and start again.
I know why UN exists, I know that League of Nations existed before, but didn't quite work and hence was thrown away. Perhaps UN Mk2 will become what the world requires.
The veto power dicourages fair play and compromise (which is the essence of democracy).
hence why the UN didn't call for sanctions during the invasion of Iraq.
Ahm, the Security Council is the only body in the UN that could impose sanctions. The US has a veto on the Security Council. Any sanctions would simply be veto'd. Thats sort of obvious, isn't it?
Hence why the security council need changing so that there are no permanent members and no veto power. Yes, it will seriously piss off the five that has veto power, especially the two that use it the most (US and UK), but it has to be done.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I do think you are right there. Interestingly enough, the american friends I have tends to agree with me on the hypocrisy point.
The point I was trying to raise, and I know it was clumsy of me not to point out that not all the US people think alike as that is rather obvious, was that it seems socially acceptable to fundraise for the IRA, while fundraising for Al Queda would be aiding and abetting terrorists.
I am sure, and I know some of them, there are Americans that realise the double-morale and are against the fundraising for the IRA. However, the US administration seemingly find nothing wrong with soliciting the support of the nation that is targeted by the very organisation some Americans are fundraising for.
I find it highly amusing, but at the same time disturbing, that the Americans since 9/11 have been shouting for terrorists heads on a plate while for many years before 9/11, and quite likely after 9/11 as well, collections has been and are being made in support of the IRA.
Do tell me that you actually realise the double morale in that...
I have tried mailing, nor sure if I worked out the right address though.. You can always get me at "slashdot at trudheim dot com" if you like.
1. I know the site is unreachable. I am working on transfering it from one registrar to another, and once that is done, I will bring it up on my box at home. www.trudheim.com is my other site, but as the PSU blew in that box a few days ago, new one is on order, it will not respond either right now.
2. I left because of, brace yourself, a woman. What I have found with UK is that the people is polite and nice, albeit very eurosceptic and conservative. The administration in UK is in a race with the US administration to introduce draconian laws and removing civil liberties. If you plan on leaving US for a less oppresive place, UK is not your goal.
The scandinavian countries are the better places to look at if you want civil liberties that stays untouched. However, to move there, you'd better learn the lingo first and also have a job lined up. http://www.ams.se is the site to look at for jobs going. Might be easier if you locate a company in the country you are residing in, that also have offices in the country you are looking to move to, and try and get the move done through the company that way. The immigration authorities in Sweden (dunno about the other scandinavian countries) are keen on immigrants having a job sorted before they come over.
What's high speed internet in the states. Seriously. In Sweden it's 10MBit to 100Mbit. Anything lower is ridiculous and not even worth considering.
Through what company would that be? What definition of 'high speed' is used? What type of user is targeted?
Standard pipes on ADSL in Sweden is between 64kbit to 512kbit upload speed and 128kbit to 2.8Mbit (the 512kbit/2.8Mbit option is through BoNet and IIRC it is available in flats in Linköping).
The 2Mbit - 1000Mbit type pipes are the type thing Telia or Telenor would sell you. These links are SDSL style, or they are E1/T1 style pipes. Hardly something your average Joe User would go out and buy, even in Sweden. Pricing means most peoples monthly salary would just about be enough to cover the cost of the pipe...
Your response leaves me wondering whether you would recognise sarcasm if it jumped up and bit you on your rear end good sir. Your posting history shows you are determined to aggravate and annoy, yet I will respond, because you have raised points I want to debate.
It is no real surprise to anyone that I am atheist, just as there is no real surprise that Dubya and his cronies either are deeply religious, or worse, pay lipservice to religion because it suits their purposes. I do not think there is anyone on here that can honestly dispute that Dubya & Co. is rightwing, to the point of extremism. Debates I have had with others on here has reinforced my view on this. My personal views lie more in the socialist fold, and I doubt people that has read my comments could have had any doubt about that.
Perhaps, in light of this explanation, you now understand my comment.
Some people no doubt will view me as a dangerous extremist, as my views do not agree with their views of the world, politics and religion. I firmly believe that religious freedom should be ensured everywhere in the world, no matter what religion we are talking about. I also believe that religion should be totally separated from the state as when you start mixing the two, you get something highly volatile and dangerous. (Crusades for example...)
I will await your response, and I expect you to respond as seriously as I have to you.
I assume you mean bible thumping, not bible bashing?
Quite likely, but you knew what I ment to say..:-)
At any rate, I have a hard time imagining this community has enough extreme right wingers to mod you much at all, given how homogenous so much of the political commentary on this site is.
I thought the spread over the spectrum was quite wide. I have noticed extremes in either direction, and all the range in between.
Actually most "US people" do realize that. The problem is that as far as "Intellectual Property" laws and various treaties the people are entirely oblivious to what is going on. And as for Iraq and the 'War on Terrorism', a great many people have been deceived and believe we *have* had compromise and diplomacy and honest relations with the world. Many Americans are under the mistaken impression that most of the world (and our allies) generally support Bush and the US's invasion of Iraq and our terrorism efforts, or that world oppinion is at least neutral. Most Americans have no idea how badly Bush has alienated out allies and ruined our global relationships and support.
I suspected as much that this was the case. Some people on here keep saying that Fox News is the only source of news that is slanted to the right and that most (all?) the others are slanted towards "commies" and "pinkies" (whatever that is supposed to mean). From what I can tell, watching things like CNN, it is slanted towards the right. Okay, the definition of "right" might be different between Europe and US, but here the general view is that your Democrats are right wing, and your Republicans are even further right.
It is disconcerting how effectively this disinformation has been used in the US, to create the perception that you have the support of the rest of the world while the truth is somewhat different. I can just hope that you get fair elections, no tampering with the result, and that the people elect someone that is less damaging to your nation.
Could the USA survive another 4 years of obscene budget deficits under Bush?
For example that report was posted on Free Reublic website (radical right-wing nutjobs) and naturally those loons somehow managed to rationalize global opposition as a GOOD thing. Yeahhhhh... those evil Norwegians only show 7% Bush support because they are jealous and want a "weak America".
I hear what you are saying and I understand what that website was trying to achieve. I do not think that the rest of the world wants a weak USA, rather we want a fair and just USA that is not the schoolground bully boy.
I hope that the people of USA manages to shake themselves awake and turn the ship around before it is to late. Good luck friends.
The US is no longer considered the ideal place for many types of businesses, and anti-american sentiments are definitely growing in europe and asia.
And for good reasons. I know I'll be taunted and modded down by the bible bashing extreme right wingers (and supporters) for saying this, but to quote Michael Moore, spreading democracy through the barrel of a gun rarely works.
But I digress. From a business perspective, patent and copyright systems in the US is broken and are not working as intended. The efforts to force these broken systems upon the rest of the world (to protect american companies and interests) is not going down to well. The US is being seen as the spoilt brat that when things doesn't go its way, it throws all the toys out of the pram.
Over time, if the attitude and behaviour of the US increases in hostility, the US will find itself more and more isolated and possible facing sanctions or trade embargoes. Before you mod me down as a troll, take a second to listen to me and try and comprehend what I am saying.
The US people have got to realise that the words 'compromise' and 'diplomacy' will get them a lot further in a medium/long term perspective than 'aggression' and 'shock and awe tactics' will. A level playing field, a little more understanding and less of the arrogance and favouritism currently in place will quickly change the perception of the US, and hence there will be little reason for other countries to put things in place like Canada has done.
With more and more privacy-invading legislation being installed, the US will rapidly become unusable to any business that has trade secrets to protect, or deals with private customer data.
It is the same with UK and companies that trade in EMEA. UK has, due to its policies of mimicking US, been deemed unsuitable to store encryption keys in. Other european countries have saner laws and subsequently been deemed as more suitable to be the location where said keys are stored.
The laws that are being passed in UK and US to prevent terrorism have little or nothing to do with preventing terrorism and everything to do with installing a police state as a precursor to some form of dictatorship. Sorry if that view offends, but that is what it looks like from here...
It is interesting that many from outside the USA has seen what is on the horizon for quite some time. It is also interesting that the people in the USA that has seen the same thing is being marginalised and ignored. Almost as if the majority of people in the USA is oblivious to what is happening, or they want it to happen.
Oh well, when it happens it happens. I'll refrain from the age-old phrase of "I told you so" at the time.
Might be that Bush has to be re-elected to make John Titor's predictions right. Time will tell:)
You believe what you want. You can only base your view on the information at hand, and USA news is not exactly going to admit they went to war for oil as the regime would not have had the support of the people for that.
Saddam was bad, no argument there. But going to war on the official premise that there was WMD deployable in 45 minutes in Iraq, a claim that later has been shown to be a blatant lie. Other claims been shown to be falsified or lies as well, like the uranium from Niger, the aluminium pipes purchase attempt, the existans of stockpiles of WMD, the existance of an active programme to develop A-bombs. Not to mention the mahusive porkie about Saddam being bestest buddy with Osama. It is well documented that those two can not stand each other.
There war itself had no legal backing, despite the fact that Saddam was an evil tyrant. Other evil tyrants exists, but the USA is not attacking them, perhaps because there are no resources in those countries worth starting a war for...?
We could turn this around so it is easier for the people in the USA to understand. The USA is engaged in practices that are against international law, geneva convention and UN resolutions. An embargo, international sanctions and no-fly/no-travel zones could be implemented along borders to Mexico and Canada. There could be a blocade preventing ships from coming and going to your coasts.
In that situation, what would You do?
Remember, USA is in violation of international law, and the blocade is above board and totally legal.
My bet is that you guys would fight.
Can you blame Saddam for, in his view, defending his country?
(Of course you will blame him, right up until you get my point..)
Iraq has oil. Oil is one of the resources on this planet that some people think it is worth fighting wars over to secure what they think they have a "god-given right" to.
If the USA is seen to have gone to war to secure exclusive access to oil reserves, and lets face it, it is pretty clear that the health and safety of the Iraqi people was never high on the list of priorities, the USA will have even less sympathy and support. Perhaps to the point where world sanctions are imposed against the USA. Who knows, time will tell and so forth.
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"Not incredibly severe" ... Uhm, I reckon that thing, if it hits, will have slightly more impact on global weather systems than Krakatoa had when that went "pop" big-style last time around.
Where-ever this things lands, lets hope it lands where the most despicable living politician in the world currently is residing. And to borrow a phrase from current despicable politicians and top brass, any civilians that goes in the same bang, they are "just collateral"...
Because in UK people know sarcasm and cynicism and are suitable prepared to handle/deal with it appropriately. Also, an Englishman is able to very eloquently and nicely tell SCO what they can do with legal threats and where any related paperwork can be stored while leaving SCO in no doubt that the answer was a resounding 'NO'.
Does that answer your question?
Well, seems like the action taken in Germany made SCO shut up there, so perhaps all that is required is some forward-thinking company with interest in Linux (Big Blue, are you listening?) to take SCO to court and ask them to substantiate their claims before they ask for (extortion) money.
One can hope anyways...
Socialism was what brought decent SoL to the masses in the first place... But I am sure you knew that already...
Considering the tendencies in Jesusland at the moment, I am surprised the 'enterprising spammers' has not been invited to sit in the Senate...
Joke aside, just introduce a bill that ensures any spammers located in the USA have to do 24 months military service on the front line if they are caught. Should sort out them pesky 'enemy combatants' in no-time. Getting an extra 75,000 soldiers for free should make war a little easier...
What gets me is that the spammers bother to send the spam outside Jesusland. The uptake on 'Low Cost Mortgages from USA' in Europe has to be 0.00%.
About 85%-90% of the spam I receive seems to be merkin - advertising pharmacy sh!te, penile enlargements, p0rn and mortgages, the rest seems to be fairly evenly spread over stuff in some east asian encodings and cyrillic.
Seems that 'harvesting' e-mail addresses from web forums and mailing lists is a merkin habit. Some throw-away mail addys I have used recently for this, is only getting merkin spam.
Got to hand it to you merkins though, you seem to have the filthiest women in the world, all them housewives that can't wait to get married just so they can cheat. (All according to the spam of course...)
Easy..
Average out the SoL across the world, if your SoL is above the average, it is to high.. *sheesh* *duuh*
how good can someone's life be if they are jobless in a capitalist society such as our own?
In any capitalist society, no job equates to begging and starving. Most people in their lifetime will be 'between jobs' at some stage. This is one of the reasons a good few of the European countries have SocialDemocrat parties polling 25%-40% of the votes. In Europe people tend to value quality of life, and hence social security.
I read the website http://lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/, the future predicted there will affect the average American more than the average European. Peak Oil has happened, now we have to live with it.
Night night.
The essence of a democracy encourages fair play and compromise but only until a voting majority of the representatives is reached. Once that majority is reached, it's "screw the minority".
Aye, I agree. However, in the security council that is not quite the case. When one of the frequent veto users are in the minority they fire off the veto, like the little brat in the pram chucking all the toys out because they are not getting their own way.
The veto has to go, just as the permanent seats.
Disband it and start again. The basics work in the UN, there are only a few minor things that require tweaking. If the charter does not allow for that because a couple countries doesn't like playing by equal rules to everyone else, throw it away and start again.
I know why UN exists, I know that League of Nations existed before, but didn't quite work and hence was thrown away. Perhaps UN Mk2 will become what the world requires.
The veto power dicourages fair play and compromise (which is the essence of democracy).
hence why the UN didn't call for sanctions during the invasion of Iraq.
Ahm, the Security Council is the only body in the UN that could impose sanctions. The US has a veto on the Security Council. Any sanctions would simply be veto'd. Thats sort of obvious, isn't it?
Hence why the security council need changing so that there are no permanent members and no veto power. Yes, it will seriously piss off the five that has veto power, especially the two that use it the most (US and UK), but it has to be done.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I do think you are right there. Interestingly enough, the american friends I have tends to agree with me on the hypocrisy point.
The point I was trying to raise, and I know it was clumsy of me not to point out that not all the US people think alike as that is rather obvious, was that it seems socially acceptable to fundraise for the IRA, while fundraising for Al Queda would be aiding and abetting terrorists.
I am sure, and I know some of them, there are Americans that realise the double-morale and are against the fundraising for the IRA. However, the US administration seemingly find nothing wrong with soliciting the support of the nation that is targeted by the very organisation some Americans are fundraising for.
I find it highly amusing, but at the same time disturbing, that the Americans since 9/11 have been shouting for terrorists heads on a plate while for many years before 9/11, and quite likely after 9/11 as well, collections has been and are being made in support of the IRA.
Do tell me that you actually realise the double morale in that...
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I have tried mailing, nor sure if I worked out the right address though.. You can always get me at "slashdot at trudheim dot com" if you like.
1. I know the site is unreachable. I am working on transfering it from one registrar to another, and once that is done, I will bring it up on my box at home. www.trudheim.com is my other site, but as the PSU blew in that box a few days ago, new one is on order, it will not respond either right now.
2. I left because of, brace yourself, a woman. What I have found with UK is that the people is polite and nice, albeit very eurosceptic and conservative. The administration in UK is in a race with the US administration to introduce draconian laws and removing civil liberties. If you plan on leaving US for a less oppresive place, UK is not your goal.
The scandinavian countries are the better places to look at if you want civil liberties that stays untouched. However, to move there, you'd better learn the lingo first and also have a job lined up. http://www.ams.se is the site to look at for jobs going. Might be easier if you locate a company in the country you are residing in, that also have offices in the country you are looking to move to, and try and get the move done through the company that way. The immigration authorities in Sweden (dunno about the other scandinavian countries) are keen on immigrants having a job sorted before they come over.
Mail me if there are more questions.
What's high speed internet in the states. Seriously. In Sweden it's 10MBit to 100Mbit. Anything lower is ridiculous and not even worth considering.
Through what company would that be? What definition of 'high speed' is used? What type of user is targeted?
Standard pipes on ADSL in Sweden is between 64kbit to 512kbit upload speed and 128kbit to 2.8Mbit (the 512kbit/2.8Mbit option is through BoNet and IIRC it is available in flats in Linköping).
The 2Mbit - 1000Mbit type pipes are the type thing Telia or Telenor would sell you. These links are SDSL style, or they are E1/T1 style pipes. Hardly something your average Joe User would go out and buy, even in Sweden. Pricing means most peoples monthly salary would just about be enough to cover the cost of the pipe...
Your response leaves me wondering whether you would recognise sarcasm if it jumped up and bit you on your rear end good sir. Your posting history shows you are determined to aggravate and annoy, yet I will respond, because you have raised points I want to debate.
It is no real surprise to anyone that I am atheist, just as there is no real surprise that Dubya and his cronies either are deeply religious, or worse, pay lipservice to religion because it suits their purposes. I do not think there is anyone on here that can honestly dispute that Dubya & Co. is rightwing, to the point of extremism. Debates I have had with others on here has reinforced my view on this. My personal views lie more in the socialist fold, and I doubt people that has read my comments could have had any doubt about that.
Perhaps, in light of this explanation, you now understand my comment.
Some people no doubt will view me as a dangerous extremist, as my views do not agree with their views of the world, politics and religion. I firmly believe that religious freedom should be ensured everywhere in the world, no matter what religion we are talking about. I also believe that religion should be totally separated from the state as when you start mixing the two, you get something highly volatile and dangerous. (Crusades for example...)
I will await your response, and I expect you to respond as seriously as I have to you.
Thank you.
I assume you mean bible thumping, not bible bashing?
:-)
Quite likely, but you knew what I ment to say..
At any rate, I have a hard time imagining this community has enough extreme right wingers to mod you much at all, given how homogenous so much of the political commentary on this site is.
I thought the spread over the spectrum was quite wide. I have noticed extremes in either direction, and all the range in between.
Actually most "US people" do realize that. The problem is that as far as "Intellectual Property" laws and various treaties the people are entirely oblivious to what is going on. And as for Iraq and the 'War on Terrorism', a great many people have been deceived and believe we *have* had compromise and diplomacy and honest relations with the world. Many Americans are under the mistaken impression that most of the world (and our allies) generally support Bush and the US's invasion of Iraq and our terrorism efforts, or that world oppinion is at least neutral. Most Americans have no idea how badly Bush has alienated out allies and ruined our global relationships and support.
I suspected as much that this was the case. Some people on here keep saying that Fox News is the only source of news that is slanted to the right and that most (all?) the others are slanted towards "commies" and "pinkies" (whatever that is supposed to mean). From what I can tell, watching things like CNN, it is slanted towards the right. Okay, the definition of "right" might be different between Europe and US, but here the general view is that your Democrats are right wing, and your Republicans are even further right.
It is disconcerting how effectively this disinformation has been used in the US, to create the perception that you have the support of the rest of the world while the truth is somewhat different. I can just hope that you get fair elections, no tampering with the result, and that the people elect someone that is less damaging to your nation.
Could the USA survive another 4 years of obscene budget deficits under Bush?
For example that report was posted on Free Reublic website (radical right-wing nutjobs) and naturally those loons somehow managed to rationalize global opposition as a GOOD thing. Yeahhhhh... those evil Norwegians only show 7% Bush support because they are jealous and want a "weak America".
I hear what you are saying and I understand what that website was trying to achieve. I do not think that the rest of the world wants a weak USA, rather we want a fair and just USA that is not the schoolground bully boy.
I hope that the people of USA manages to shake themselves awake and turn the ship around before it is to late. Good luck friends.
The US is no longer considered the ideal place for many types of businesses, and anti-american sentiments are definitely growing in europe and asia.
And for good reasons. I know I'll be taunted and modded down by the bible bashing extreme right wingers (and supporters) for saying this, but to quote Michael Moore, spreading democracy through the barrel of a gun rarely works.
But I digress. From a business perspective, patent and copyright systems in the US is broken and are not working as intended. The efforts to force these broken systems upon the rest of the world (to protect american companies and interests) is not going down to well. The US is being seen as the spoilt brat that when things doesn't go its way, it throws all the toys out of the pram.
Over time, if the attitude and behaviour of the US increases in hostility, the US will find itself more and more isolated and possible facing sanctions or trade embargoes. Before you mod me down as a troll, take a second to listen to me and try and comprehend what I am saying.
The US people have got to realise that the words 'compromise' and 'diplomacy' will get them a lot further in a medium/long term perspective than 'aggression' and 'shock and awe tactics' will. A level playing field, a little more understanding and less of the arrogance and favouritism currently in place will quickly change the perception of the US, and hence there will be little reason for other countries to put things in place like Canada has done.
With more and more privacy-invading legislation being installed, the US will rapidly become unusable to any business that has trade secrets to protect, or deals with private customer data.
It is the same with UK and companies that trade in EMEA. UK has, due to its policies of mimicking US, been deemed unsuitable to store encryption keys in. Other european countries have saner laws and subsequently been deemed as more suitable to be the location where said keys are stored.
The laws that are being passed in UK and US to prevent terrorism have little or nothing to do with preventing terrorism and everything to do with installing a police state as a precursor to some form of dictatorship. Sorry if that view offends, but that is what it looks like from here...
Kristallnacht Mark 2 - here we come... *sigh*
:)
It is interesting that many from outside the USA has seen what is on the horizon for quite some time. It is also interesting that the people in the USA that has seen the same thing is being marginalised and ignored. Almost as if the majority of people in the USA is oblivious to what is happening, or they want it to happen.
Oh well, when it happens it happens. I'll refrain from the age-old phrase of "I told you so" at the time.
Might be that Bush has to be re-elected to make John Titor's predictions right. Time will tell
Could be because whoever came up with the name "Homeland Security" has exceedingly poor imagination but rather a good grasp of history...
Mod parent up. Valid points raised.
:-)
I am wondering what scandinavian country he/she is from.
You believe what you want. You can only base your view on the information at hand, and USA news is not exactly going to admit they went to war for oil as the regime would not have had the support of the people for that.
Saddam was bad, no argument there. But going to war on the official premise that there was WMD deployable in 45 minutes in Iraq, a claim that later has been shown to be a blatant lie. Other claims been shown to be falsified or lies as well, like the uranium from Niger, the aluminium pipes purchase attempt, the existans of stockpiles of WMD, the existance of an active programme to develop A-bombs. Not to mention the mahusive porkie about Saddam being bestest buddy with Osama. It is well documented that those two can not stand each other.
There war itself had no legal backing, despite the fact that Saddam was an evil tyrant. Other evil tyrants exists, but the USA is not attacking them, perhaps because there are no resources in those countries worth starting a war for...?
We could turn this around so it is easier for the people in the USA to understand. The USA is engaged in practices that are against international law, geneva convention and UN resolutions. An embargo, international sanctions and no-fly/no-travel zones could be implemented along borders to Mexico and Canada. There could be a blocade preventing ships from coming and going to your coasts.
In that situation, what would You do?
Remember, USA is in violation of international law, and the blocade is above board and totally legal.
My bet is that you guys would fight.
Can you blame Saddam for, in his view, defending his country?
(Of course you will blame him, right up until you get my point..)
Iraq has oil. Oil is one of the resources on this planet that some people think it is worth fighting wars over to secure what they think they have a "god-given right" to.
If the USA is seen to have gone to war to secure exclusive access to oil reserves, and lets face it, it is pretty clear that the health and safety of the Iraqi people was never high on the list of priorities, the USA will have even less sympathy and support. Perhaps to the point where world sanctions are imposed against the USA. Who knows, time will tell and so forth.