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The good ol' National Security Archive (a non-profit NGO) has been making a chronicle of our coddling of Saddam and his atrocities over these years from recently declassified US documents. Enjoy:
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"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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You are awesome Ramo...
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Thanks.
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-BokononComment
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Capitalists' love evil dictators sooo much.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
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Not true. We don't love Stalin or Lenin or Mao.Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.Comment
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Oh, you're not that bad then I guess.Originally posted by Crimson Sunrise
Not true. We don't love Stalin or Lenin or Mao.
Last edited by Kidlicious; December 22, 2003, 01:41.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
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Not true. We don't love Stalin or Lenin or Mao.
Well we loved Stalin for a while. After all, there was a bigger enemy to go against and I see nothing wrong with backing Stalin in WW2 or Saddam in the Iran-Iraq war.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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Are you saying the ends justify the means?Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Not true. We don't love Stalin or Lenin or Mao.
Well we loved Stalin for a while. After all, there was a bigger enemy to go against and I see nothing wrong with backing Stalin in WW2 or Saddam in the Iran-Iraq war.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
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Are you saying the ends justify the means?
Of course.
That's my line, man
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Over a million died and neither gov't was toppled by revolutionary forces for freedomtm. Tell me exactly how the ends justified the means...
Hell, the balance of power wasn't even maintained in the region, hence our little scuffle a couple years after the Iran-Iraq war ended."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-BokononComment
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I may have a problem with your ends, and visa versa.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Are you saying the ends justify the means?
Of course.
That's my line, man
I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
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Over a million died and neither gov't was toppled by revolutionary forces for freedomtm. Tell me exactly how the ends justified the means...
It prevented Iran from speading an Islamic revolution, which it was threatening to do. Better to weaken Iran at that point... everyone in the ME at the point in time was scared ****less of them (which is why they all backed Iraq... even SA, who has those Wahabbist wackos running around).
I may have a problem with your ends, and visa versa
That's nice
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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The Iranian gov't was preferable to the Iraqi gov't IMO. I wouldn't be sad if the Ba'athists got their asses kicked at the time.It prevented Iran from speading an Islamic revolution, which it was threatening to do. Better to weaken Iran at that point... everyone in the ME at the point in time was scared ****less of them (which is why they all backed Iraq... even SA, who has those Wahabbist wackos running around)."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-BokononComment
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I wonder if the "it's okay to sell our souls to the devil" crowd would be so apologetic towards Saddam supporters if a US made chemical weapon kills a few thousand in New York or LA in the next few weeks...
I sure hope something like that doesn't happen to wake these dopes up.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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The US govt prefered Iraq over Iran for economic reasons. It had nothing to do with which govt was more evil. It wasn't until Iraq attacked Kuwait that the US turned against Iraq.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
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