Massive World Protests Tomorrow

[Ted Striker]

Being the richest and most powerful nation on the planet, we ARE the world judge by default, so get used to it.

Eurocom will complain no matter what the US does.

The only mistake in this whole charade was giving stupid inspections a try and dragging the whole thing out.

[Comrade Tribune]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Being the richest and most powerful nation on the planet, we ARE the world judge by default, so get used to it.

Others have said that, the most recent one being Hitler.

Most of the world disagreed, that´s why Adolf hasn´t been seen so much, lately.

[DinoDoc]

Speak of the devil and the devil comes.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Tassadar5000
FRANCE:

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$46.5 billion (2000)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.57% (2002)

UNITED KINGDOM:

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$31.7 billion (2002)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.32% (2002)

Source: CIA World Factbook 2002

France actually has a GDP on a par with the UK, so I have trouble believing those figures.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by Comrade Tribune


Others have said that, the most recent one being Hitler.

Most of the world disagreed, that´s why Adolf hasn´t been seen so much, lately.

Last time I saw him he was hanging out in Austria.

[Ben Kenobi]

Note that the traditional definition says nothing about whether a war is preemptive or not. It simply says an opposition to war in general as a means of settling disputes.

As a Mennonite, I think I'm in the position to say something about pacifism. First of all, Mennonites are not allowed to perform combat service, although they are allowed non-combat service in the form of medics, etc.

This provides a balance in the case of war. If I agreed with the cause of the war, such as fighting Hitler against the Holocaust, I would serve in this capacity. If I did not agree, I would protest.

In any case, I hope that Saddam backs down to the US demands, and that the US accepts Saddam's capitulation without war. This is the ideal result.

[Sava]

Iraq should be liberated, Saddam should be blown to bits. There's no question of that. But this isn't about liberating people. The Bush admin has their own agenda. And frankly, I think they are too inept to execute a war properly in order to avoid massive civilian casualties. Plus, I think Saddam has chemical and bio weapons pointed at Israel and his finger on the button. I also don't think the US military can get to him in time, and he will be provoked into using them against Israel. Israel will probably make Baghdad glow in the dark; and poof, WW3.

Again, if it were certain that we could go in, get Saddam with minimal casualties and without that sort of nightmarish scenario happening, then I say go do it. But I don't trust the Bush admin, and as much faith as I have in the US military, I think that preventing Saddam from launching a WoMD attack is a crapshoot at best.

Believe me, I'm not against military action at this point because I'm a peacenik. I'm just being realistic about the logistical complications.

[Drake Tungsten]

I can't wait until the war has been successfully won and all the dumbass protestors have to look back and think about all the time and energy they wasted defending a brutal tyrant...

[Velociryx]

Well, in any case, I'd hardly call them massive. Even the best estimates of the organizers were 3 million people, world wide, with police and other authorities claiming about half that number. Given the total population of the nations participating in the festivities, it amounted to little more than a p*ss in the proverbial pot.

-=Vel=-

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Asher
Chretien is playing Canadians for fools. He's delaying, but he will send. Every day they hint more at it.

What have you been smoking?

Plus, the old codger just deliberately hamstrung the military by announcing he'd be sending a battle group to Afghanistan for a year.

He's not saying anything to avoid annoying the Bushies.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Been there, seen that.

Ran out of arguments?

No, just tired of beating my head against a wall trying to get you to come up with a logical argument.

[KrazyHorse]

Plus, if they were going to send, they would have had to do so by now. It'll take weeks to get Canadian forces in position in meaningful numbers.

He's going to hem and haw until the war actually starts, at which point it'll be far too late to actually go.

[Velociryx]

Frogger - The Canadian Army has meaningful numbers?

(teasin' by the way)

-=Vel=-

[Sava]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I can't wait until the war has been successfully won and all the dumbass protestors have to look back and think about all the time and energy they wasted defending a brutal tyrant...

Again, a dumb assertion...

Protesting this war isn't about defending Saddam just like the war itself isn't about oil. Their both stupid assertions and I wish people would stop making them.

[KrazyHorse]

Not meaningful in terms of overall operation...

But meaningful in terms of being able to field a thousand men or something with their own command etc.