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Israel or South Africa will not be first users of WMD. Iraq could well be. Therefore Iraq's need taking off them.
If Israel gets on a conventional war with Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and other Arab nations, and starts losing it badly, they'll be sure to launch their nukes.
Nukes are a taboo only for people with at least a bit of sanity, i.e. ordinary people. States and militaries do not posess that mental sanity, hence they do not have the taboo.
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
George Orwell
well yeah, but they're better than Spain at least. The only reason we asked Spain in our union, is so our citizens can enjoy the beaches there without having to pass border checkpoints.
It was not figuring, it was observing. Yhe prepondering mjority of the sentiments expressed among thoses I observed (when the camera was absent) were things like "Let the yellow bastards kill each other", All the GD Gooks over there aren't worth one american", "who cares about the Gooks". It did not take a mind reader to discern their rationale for opposing the war.
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Japher: "crap, did I just post in this thread?"
"Bloody hell, Lefty.....number one in my list of persons I have no intention of annoying, ever." Bugs ****ing Bunny
From a 6th grader who readily adpated to internet culture: "Pay attention now, because your opinions suck"
Originally posted by MikeH
They are too late. The US was the first user.
Imperial Germany was the first user of WMD; a large scale gas attack.
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Japher: "crap, did I just post in this thread?"
"Bloody hell, Lefty.....number one in my list of persons I have no intention of annoying, ever." Bugs ****ing Bunny
From a 6th grader who readily adpated to internet culture: "Pay attention now, because your opinions suck"
Sounds like just another way of saying they were scared. I have a different perspective.
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"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
Originally posted by SlowwHand
Sounds like just another way of saying they were scared. I have a different perspective.
I had two perspectives of them, including the calculated act they put on when news arrived. Both protests I osevered were mostly racists and liars. But as i started with here, I did not weiw they as a respresentative group or arch type, and any such movement will have multiple motivations.
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Japher: "crap, did I just post in this thread?"
"Bloody hell, Lefty.....number one in my list of persons I have no intention of annoying, ever." Bugs ****ing Bunny
From a 6th grader who readily adpated to internet culture: "Pay attention now, because your opinions suck"
China will help because they dont want their communist ally to collapse. Immigration, and sharing a border with South Korea isn't the best thing ever...
China has already had a bunch of problems with North Korea already.
Again, there would be a flood of peopel going into China. China does not want this and is trying to preserve North Korea so it can keep its people to itself.
I actually think most fleeing North Koreans will travel to the South, not to China.
Wasn't it the CIA that also said something along the lines of "If you attack Iraq, chances of terrorism will incease"?
And if you don't they will the chances would be double that.
And china will surpress them using its very large military. You need to remember that internal dissent does not automatically equal a revolution. The chances of a "democratic" revolution in China are actually quite low.
The chances of a democratic revolution in China are low? 1989. Man are you ignorant or what? Get a clue? You wanna know why I said 1989? Because there was a failed revolution then. The Chinese Government had its army run people over with tanks.
That's not a very logical arguement, Fez. "You are foolish" offers no proof of that arguement nor the one before it, and therefore I can't debate it until you begin using some logic.
Shut up, already. You don't have a single clue about what you are talking about.
Yet another illogical arguement. Why can't you just counter it using any form of logic at all? If I don't know what Im talking about and you do, then counter it.
You talking is itself illogical. You possess little intelligence to argue in this area.
So? Do you really think China will simply let its North Korean ally simply collapse because it has a bad economy and let millions of people cross the border INTO china?
Again, that carries no basis. Most fleeing North Koreans would flee to South Korea because of exactly similar language and population demographics. And many in the North have long lost families in the South.
Even if it wanted to theres still that problem of people just flooding that border.....
I think South Korea has more to worry about on that case.
And how is it "bull****"? Because you don't like it?
I take Colin Powell's word for it. There is something certainly wrong with Iraq's report. To be direct it is all a lie. And people like you will believe it. Delusional I say.
Have you ever heard "innocent until proven guilty"? I will admit that it does seem quite impropable they'll catch EVERYTHING in their small little probe, but until the United States can actually offer EVIDENCE that Iraq possess these weapons.....
The US has evidence. But to maintain national security and safety of field agents, they cannot show it. Your ignorance will say otherwise, but that is a wrong statement to make. They cannot show it because people at the field will get killed.
I dunno....They could've sold them, hidden them, they couldv'e been destroyed by Saddam or by the United States....
There hidden. No they haven't been destroyed. By the way they was chemical weapons testing up around 1993 after the Gulf War.
However again, thats not evidence of a thing other than they're missing. Iraq may not even have them. Who knows.....they could've given them to Pakistan who gave them to NORTH KOREA!
You don't have any way of proving my statement otherwise. Actually the proof is on my side. And there is evidence things are missing.
But again that does not mean their guilt. Innocent until proven guilty....
Bull! Stop with this innocent until proven guilty nonsense. They already have been proven guilty, nimwit.
What hasn't it done?
Iraq has failed to provide an accurate list of what it has.
For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)
China has already had a bunch of problems with North Korea already.
Not enough problems to warrent a termination of their little alliance.
I actually think most fleeing North Koreans will travel to the South, not to China.
Then why don't they right now? Most of them try to flee TO China.
And if you don't they will the chances would be double that.
Ok Fez, since your mind cant seem to comprehend this: The CIA warned *AGAINST* an attack saying that the chances of a retaliatory strike by any islamist group go up DURASTICALLY.
They didn't say "But if you dont attack chances will be double" because its not true. Whether you like it or not, the facts are the facts.
The chances of a democratic revolution in China are low? 1989. Man are you ignorant or what? Get a clue? You wanna know why I said 1989? Because there was a failed revolution then. The Chinese Government had its army run people over with tanks.
Fez, get a clue: That was more of a demonstration than a "revolution" considering they really didn't do much to overthrow the government, now did they?
Also note that China quite easily squandered the "revolution" (in your words fez, not mine)
Shut up, already. You don't have a single clue about what you are talking about.
Is that all you can do fez? "Shut up shut up shut up shut up"
Having trouble accepting the truth, you arent giving a logical arguement AT ALL?
You talking is itself illogical. You possess little intelligence to argue in this area.
Who hoo fez, yet ANOTHER stupid arguement. If I'm so illogical and unintelligent, THEN QUICKLY SQUASH ME AND GET IT OVER WITH. Don't just sit there with your fingers in your ears yelling "Shut up."
Again, that carries no basis. Most fleeing North Koreans would flee to South Korea because of exactly similar language and population demographics. And many in the North have long lost families in the South.
MANY flee to China, not South Korea. Consider this: Up until now, fleeing to South Korea was MORE dangerous than trying to go into China.
If China was so eager to get rid of its alliance with N. Korea, then WHY DOESNT IT? Why does China still strongly support North Korea? Hmm?
I take Colin Powell's word for it. There is something certainly wrong with Iraq's report.
The Bush Administration is right because the Bush Administration says so? Thats called a "begging the question" fallacy....But there are many fallacies you commit.
The US has evidence. But to maintain national security and safety of field agents, they cannot show it.
Fez, thats stupid and we BOTH know it. Why can't they show ANY SHRED OF EVIDENCE AT ALL? MAYBE THE LOCATION OF SUCH A SITE?
Just giving a location to the inspectors for a "surprise" visit would DEFINATELY NOT kill agents.
Fez, NOBODY will believe the US if it keeps this up...You can't just tell the world "Just trustus." ESPECIALLY when you've shown youreslf untrustworthy.
Your ignorance will say otherwise, but that is a wrong statement to make. They cannot show it because people at the field will get killed.
Again Fez, just giving the inspectors a LOCATION will not kill Field Agents. Your just following your shepard which is why you can't construct a strong arguement against showing the evidence.
There hidden. No they haven't been destroyed.
How do you know?
By the way they was chemical weapons testing up around 1993 after the Gulf War.
Source?
You don't have any way of proving my statement otherwise. Actually the proof is on my side. And there is evidence things are missing.
Thigns may be missing, but theres not evidence as to WHY their missing.
Bull! Stop with this innocent until proven guilty nonsense. They already have been proven guilty, nimwit.
Fez, EVIDENCE consitutes something that disproves or proves a theory. However, just HAVING the evidence doesnt make it evidence. YOU MUST SHOW IT.
In a murder case, lets say there was a note that was written to the police saying "I'm going to kill Martha on January 23rd at 12:00AM.". If the evidence is never presented, then it will not weigh on the juries mind. SAME CASE HERE: YOU CANT JUST HAVE THE EVIDENCE AND NOT SHOW IT BECAUSE THEN ITS NOT EVIDENCE.
Iraq has failed to provide an accurate list of what it has.
Fez, why dont you prove to me you aren't carrying nuclear weapons in whereever YOU live? Oh thats right, you CANT.......Because you can't prove that your innocent. It's IMPOSSIBLE. If you say "I dont have any nimwit" I can call you a nimwit and say your hiding it. If you turn whever you live upside down I can say your hiding it somewhere else.
So how can you prove Iraq has WoMD when you claim you have evidence BUT WILL NOT SHOW IT (Therefore basically telling everyone you dont have the evidence) and you basically can't prove a negative?
Israel or South Africa will not be first users of WMD. Iraq could well be. Therefore Iraq's need taking off them.
If that were true, Iraq would have used them in the Gulf War - they didn't. Why? Because Saddam was led to believe we wouldn't invade Iraq to remove him from existence, the UN mandate was to remove Iraq from Kuwait only. If we invade now to remove him, he won't have any reason to hold back. He's evil, but not insane...he knows there are limits if he wants to stay in power, and the only times he has used WMD in the past was in wars the USA endorsed or condoned. But we didn't see these ******* neo"conservatives" complaining about his WMD during Iraq's war with Iran and they were amazingly silent when he allegedly used them on the Kurds. But now all we hear from these frauds is about Saddam's use of WMD during the war with Iran.
Tass, I don´t have time to respond to all of the irrelevant points as I have been doing. There is common quote I bring up: Less talk, more substance. Give me something I can actually work with. Right now you are providing me with scattered arguments, that have no evidence and weak foundations.
For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)
Originally posted by Fez
Tass, I don´t have time to respond to all of the irrelevant points as I have been doing. There is common quote I bring up: Less talk, more substance. Give me something I can actually work with. Right now you are providing me with scattered arguments, that have no evidence and weak foundations.
In other words, you want to end the debate, and thats fine by me.
this was a good show and I watched it. The hollywood celebs were nothing but patriotic, they voiced their concerns, they said what they wanted to say, they agreed that they're opinion is not more important than anyone elses, and that they only get air time because they are celebs, but intend to use that to speak their minds...yet alls they got was criticism and a lack of respect
"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
"I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran Siddiqui
Originally posted by orange
yet alls they got was criticism and a lack of respect
Babs deserves it.
I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio
"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
"I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran Siddiqui
Originally posted by orange
i found nothing wrong with what she was saying
She still deserves derision.
I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio
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