"if you don't like it, LEAVE!!!"
I can't helpt but sigh out loud everytime I hear that one. I live in a particularly "conservative" area, and the Bush fans are everywhere. It is perhaps this often repeated statement, above others, that describes Americans. Earlier in this thread, people were talking about what is wrong with Americans. Americans are mean, ignorant, self-righteous, etc. This sums it up.
The people who support a war on some strange terms of "liberation" and "freedom" want voices of opposition silenced or deported. It's pathetic how many people are unable to see the problem with claiming to support democracy and condemn Saddam's torture and warmonering. We invaded Iraq and shut down his tortorous prisons, only to reopen them and continue torturing people (we'll torture our way, thanks). The same people that argue in favor of torture are absolutely sickened American POWs displayed on TV. "My god those savages!" they they think to themselves or tell their buddies at work.
Pay no mind that we invaded the country, how dare they resist.
Pay no mind that we have actively supported military dictatorships ever since WWII, even to this day (this of course includes Saddam's regime during its worst atrocities).
Pay no mind that virtually all intelligence assesments of Iraq tell us that they were no threat to us or that they had aided Al-Qaeda in any way.
Pay no mind that we were horrified at the deaths of 3,000 Americans on 9/11, but most could care less about the 100,000+ that have been killed on our hands in Iraq (that's at least 33 dead Iraqi's for every American killed, go us!).
Bush's supporters, generally speaking, are either ignorant of these facts, don't care about them, or are unable to put them side by side to tell to paint the picture of what has taken place.
Whatever, I can't write anymore of this. Most of you know all these things. Some Bush supporter please explain yourself in a coherent matter. If your response disregards the value of human life born outside of this country, then it's not worth typing out.
-me
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"if you don't like it, LEAVE!!!" I can't helpt but sigh out loud everytime I hear that one. I live in a particularly "conservative" area, and the Bush fans are everywhere. It is perhaps this often repeated statement, above others, that describes Americans. Earlier in this thread, people were talking about what is wrong with Americans. Americans are mean, ignorant, self-righteous, etc. This sums it up. The people who support a war on some strange terms of "liberation" and "freedom" want voices of opposition silenced or deported. It's pathetic how many people are unable to see the problem with claiming to support democracy and condemn Saddam's torture and warmonering. We invaded Iraq and shut down his tortorous prisons, only to reopen them and continue torturing people (we'll torture our way, thanks). The same people that argue in favor of torture are absolutely sickened American POWs displayed on TV. "My god those savages!" they they think to themselves or tell their buddies at work. Pay no mind that we invaded the country, how dare they resist. Pay no mind that we have actively supported military dictatorships ever since WWII, even to this day (this of course includes Saddam's regime during its worst atrocities). Pay no mind that virtually all intelligence assesments of Iraq tell us that they were no threat to us or that they had aided Al-Qaeda in any way. Pay no mind that we were horrified at the deaths of 3,000 Americans on 9/11, but most could care less about the 100,000+ that have been killed on our hands in Iraq (that's at least 33 dead Iraqi's for every American killed, go us!). Bush's supporters, generally speaking, are either ignorant of these facts, don't care about them, or are unable to put them side by side to tell to paint the picture of what has taken place. Whatever, I can't write anymore of this. Most of you know all these things. Some Bush supporter please explain yourself in a coherent matter. If your response disregards the value of human life born outside of this country, then it's not worth typing out. -me