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Why the hell not? Reason: Why the hell not? Verdict: Probably not thought through so well.
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"The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
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I'd go with a variant of the Power Projection reason. If we (the US) could have actually have pulled of setting up an independant (preferably pro-US) secular Arab democracy in the middle east it would have been great both for us and probably for the world. Hopefully it would have destablized the region in the 'right' way...
Alas it looks like we totally screwed the pooch on that one.
I think that Bush actually is as naive as he sounds and that he actually thought that if we gave them freedom they would be all happy and good. It's a neocon article of faith that all people want freedom and once they get it everything will be better.
Most people want stability and/or safety well before freedom. Freedom is expensive. Even in America with its freedom fetish both major political parties are based in limiting personal freedom to do the 'bad' things, they just differ in thier definitions. One of the best things that the American founding fathers did the Constitution is make it really pretty hard to give up our freedom. It's taken over 200 years to degrade them as much as we have...Comment
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Perhaps. Bush is big into blind faith.
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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OUCH!Originally posted by Zkribbler
..and are you implying that the U.S. violated 1441 by not letting UNMOVIC and the IAEA complete their tasks?
“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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Ooooh, I get to do my Michal Douglas imitation from American President:Originally posted by Arbarbonif
Most people want stability and/or safety well before freedom. Freedom is expensive.
You want freedom?? You gotta want it bad. It's advanced citizenship.
Freedom means defending the right of someone to shout at the top of his lungs that which you've spent your entire life opposing. You want the the flag to be a symbol of freedom? Then freedom must also be the right of someone else to burn that flag in protest.Comment
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Typos galore in that quote...
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The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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You try working, talking on the phone with your buddy, and posting on Poly all at the same time.
I was triple tasking. 
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No, no, silly. You edit the post and then say "what typos?"
And bah, I call bull**** on the "working" part.
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The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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I never said "what typos"Originally posted by Arrian
No, no, silly. You edit the post and then say "what typos?"
And bah, I call bull**** on the "working" part.
-Arrian
I just corrected them. 
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Dude, you missed my point. You SHOULD have edited it and asked innocently "what typos?"
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
OUCH!
Evidently you didn't read. Maybe I can draw pictures for you.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Originally posted by Zkribbler
You try working, talking on the phone with your buddy, and posting on Poly all at the same time. I was triple tasking.
A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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The online forums reason: the debates were getting old and something new was needed. Verdict: success.Comment
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Originally posted by SlowwHand
Evidently you didn't read. Maybe I can draw pictures for you.
I love it how you get thrashed each time you bring up 1441, how you never refute the others' claim, and how you come back with 1441 on the next day. Never cease to amaze me
"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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The drunk preppy reson: We thought it would look good on our resumes."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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