That's a war crime? Wait, so there is a legal international legislative body that I haven't heard of? One that the U.S. has signed it's own sovereignty to? I don't think so bud.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [Modus I.S.] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:17 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Ship Of Fools > > > When was the last time you actually stood face to face with > an Iraqi > > who remembers quite vividly what life was like during the > Saddam era? > > Admittedly never. However I don't think you need to be on the > front lines to be knowledgeable about the invasion of Iraq. > > > Anyway, they don't paint a very rosy picture of life under Saddam. > > And do they paint a rosy picture of the last five years? > > > We get to learn first hand what life was like before we > came, and what > > their life is like now, and what they hope their lives will > be in the > > future. It is very exciting to see these transformations > first hand... > > [to end] > > I don't think anyone is suggesting that EVENTUALLY life in > Iraq will be better than it was under Saddam. However that's > not the real issue. "The ends justify the means" is no way > for a Democracy to operate. Toppling a sovereign nation > (regardless of what government type they are) without U.N. > approval, based on false information and without ever > declaring war on that nation would make your founding fathers > ashamed. That's the issue. > > And don't kid yourself that it's altruism that's guiding the > invasion. The goal was not to spread Democracy, otherwise the > U.S. would be in China, North Korea, Iran, half of Africa, > Saudi Arabia, Russia, and many dozens of other countries > around the world. > > Iraq was a sovereign nation that hadn't declared war on the > United States. The United States invaded Iraq without > declaring war. That's a war crime. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281429 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
