If economic jealousy is the root cause of terrorism then why is there significant support for jihadist causes even among upper class Arabs, many of them educated in Western institutions?
Well, more people died due to the sanction (sic) than the people (sic) killed by both Gulf wars and Saddam's murder squad (sic)
What the fuck are you talking about? The sanctions do not include food and medicine. Any increase in mortality rates in Iraq after the first Gulf War was probably caused by the reprisals Saddam ordered on the Shi'ite communities in Southern Iraq and the hijacking of civilian aid for military purposes.
If that were true all programmers would be forced at gunpoint to "donate" their code to some central authority where it would be redistributed to their legion of yesmen.
France was not part of the Soviet bloc. Allende was. Soviet puppets never have real elections. Once again, it is unfortunate that Pinochet ended up in power but if Allende had his way Chile would have become another Cuba, along with all the human rights abuses that leftists never seem to condemn because they love Castro.
I meant Ortega. How can anyone take you seriously when you dismiss a legitimate election with a ridiculous theory? Has it ever occured to you that the Sandinistas were unpopular and their defeat at the polls were caused by their decade-long reign of terror? Nicaraguans realize that they are better off voting for a democratic coalition backed by the US instead of a two-bit socialist regime.
P.S. Most regular people would dismiss you immediately for quoting zmag
Al Gore would have paid overtures to the jihadi dictatorships after 9/11 to understand the root cause of their anger and tell the FBI/CIA to profile for single white male perpetrators of the massacre. Also, increase social spending, LBJ-style, in a pathetic attempt to stimulate the economy.
Dictatorships hold fake elections all the time to make themselves feel better. Most recent was Saddam Hussein's 99.9% approval. Anyone who recognizes those elections as genuine are shameless apologists. The 1984 Nicaraguan election was bycotted by a vast majority of the opposition groups, it's hilarious the Sandinistas only got 67% of the votes.
The Sandinistas participated in one real election in 1990, organized by international organizations. An entire army of leftist monitors descended on Nicaragua to make sure there was no cheating against their darling Noreiga. They lost soundly to a democratic coalition anyways, led by the widow of an executed newspaper editor who dissented against the Sandinistas.
The Sandinistas were brutal totalitarians who tried to force Nicaraguans into to adopt a Soviet-styled economy. The Swedish socialists did no such thing. Pinochet was atrocious but no more so than the many dictators which the Soviet supported and funded. Most of them were far worse (see Cambodia, North Korea).
Allende tried to deprive Chileans of basic property and economic rights, a precursor to Sovietization. Countries that complete the process are always worse off than before, a pre-emptive strike on the Allende regime was necessary. It would have been preferable to replace him with a real democracy; it was unfortunate that Pinochet ended up in power. Chances are Allende would have done the same if he stayed in power.
If there is any revisionism it's done by Allende's Marxist supporters (leftists are the masters of twisting the past to suit their own ends). Allende was supported and funded by the USSR and Cuba (Castro always laments his lost political investments in Chile) and any regime supported by that duo transformed into leftist dictatorships. Asserting that there would have been elections is a socialist pipe dream. We'll never know what would have happened if Allende's schemes succeeded, but looking at other instances of Soviet subversion it probably wouldn't have been very pretty.
The Bolsheviks perverted Russia's democratic revolution by swiftly imposing a dictatorial regime that uses terror and violence as its main source of power. The real revolution was killed by Lenin's bloody power grab.
Democracies don't force its population into collectivism. Allende's policies were extremely unpopular and yet his regime still managed to retain power; Chile wasn't even a democracy at the time. The coup that destroyed Allende's socialist government was supported by a large number of Chileans angry at his attempts to nationalize the entire economy.
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don't bother reading that drivel, the entertainment industry is controlled by zionist interests.
Compare niggers, whose genetic material is beneath that of chimps. Calling them dirty apes is an insult toward the animals.
All jews and niggers should be put in concentration camps and slaughtered.
More accurately, there are at least 20000 brainless nerds in Canada.
That shit will never work, just like the blacks and Hispanics.
That shit is way too refined for filthy hippies such as RMS.
BSD is dead, just like Alan Fag Turing.
That was fucking lame. Shut your yap, nerd.
Mine will be pulled by jews and spritely negroes.
spaf can suck my Nazi nuts.
If economic jealousy is the root cause of terrorism then why is there significant support for jihadist causes even among upper class Arabs, many of them educated in Western institutions?
What the fuck are you talking about? The sanctions do not include food and medicine. Any increase in mortality rates in Iraq after the first Gulf War was probably caused by the reprisals Saddam ordered on the Shi'ite communities in Southern Iraq and the hijacking of civilian aid for military purposes.
If that were true all programmers would be forced at gunpoint to "donate" their code to some central authority where it would be redistributed to their legion of yesmen.
They should just shoot a couple million Chinamen up to the moon... they'll all die pretty quickly but its a cheap way to do manual labor.
France was not part of the Soviet bloc. Allende was. Soviet puppets never have real elections. Once again, it is unfortunate that Pinochet ended up in power but if Allende had his way Chile would have become another Cuba, along with all the human rights abuses that leftists never seem to condemn because they love Castro.
I meant Ortega. How can anyone take you seriously when you dismiss a legitimate election with a ridiculous theory? Has it ever occured to you that the Sandinistas were unpopular and their defeat at the polls were caused by their decade-long reign of terror? Nicaraguans realize that they are better off voting for a democratic coalition backed by the US instead of a two-bit socialist regime.
P.S. Most regular people would dismiss you immediately for quoting zmag
Al Gore would have paid overtures to the jihadi dictatorships after 9/11 to understand the root cause of their anger and tell the FBI/CIA to profile for single white male perpetrators of the massacre. Also, increase social spending, LBJ-style, in a pathetic attempt to stimulate the economy.
Dictatorships hold fake elections all the time to make themselves feel better. Most recent was Saddam Hussein's 99.9% approval. Anyone who recognizes those elections as genuine are shameless apologists. The 1984 Nicaraguan election was bycotted by a vast majority of the opposition groups, it's hilarious the Sandinistas only got 67% of the votes. The Sandinistas participated in one real election in 1990, organized by international organizations. An entire army of leftist monitors descended on Nicaragua to make sure there was no cheating against their darling Noreiga. They lost soundly to a democratic coalition anyways, led by the widow of an executed newspaper editor who dissented against the Sandinistas.
The Sandinistas were brutal totalitarians who tried to force Nicaraguans into to adopt a Soviet-styled economy. The Swedish socialists did no such thing. Pinochet was atrocious but no more so than the many dictators which the Soviet supported and funded. Most of them were far worse (see Cambodia, North Korea). Allende tried to deprive Chileans of basic property and economic rights, a precursor to Sovietization. Countries that complete the process are always worse off than before, a pre-emptive strike on the Allende regime was necessary. It would have been preferable to replace him with a real democracy; it was unfortunate that Pinochet ended up in power. Chances are Allende would have done the same if he stayed in power.
If there is any revisionism it's done by Allende's Marxist supporters (leftists are the masters of twisting the past to suit their own ends). Allende was supported and funded by the USSR and Cuba (Castro always laments his lost political investments in Chile) and any regime supported by that duo transformed into leftist dictatorships. Asserting that there would have been elections is a socialist pipe dream. We'll never know what would have happened if Allende's schemes succeeded, but looking at other instances of Soviet subversion it probably wouldn't have been very pretty.
The Bolsheviks perverted Russia's democratic revolution by swiftly imposing a dictatorial regime that uses terror and violence as its main source of power. The real revolution was killed by Lenin's bloody power grab.
Democracies don't force its population into collectivism. Allende's policies were extremely unpopular and yet his regime still managed to retain power; Chile wasn't even a democracy at the time. The coup that destroyed Allende's socialist government was supported by a large number of Chileans angry at his attempts to nationalize the entire economy.
You finally realize your opinions constitute a radical loudmouthed minority. Congratulations.
If they had that laser at Auschwitz the final solution would have worked.