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gekko 07-23-2003 11:26 AM

Re: Saddam's Sons Confirmed Dead
 
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Originally Posted by Vampyr
Last time I watched the news, which was like 2 nights ago, he was. Its not like they're going to impeach him tomorrow, but hes on grounds for impeachment. He said we were going over there to get rid of weapons of mass destruction. He ruined our aliance with France and most of the UN. And now the weapons are no where to be found. Tony Blair is in a bind right now because of the same thing.

He never was facing impeachment, never will be. You need to listen clearer to what it being said. Besides, you can't impeach Bush, because you can't link him to a crime. Presidents are always scape goats, but the truth is they only give the OK. Along the way his advisors will look at the intelligence, make decisions on the best course of action, and then brief the President. The President says OK, and it's done. Plus, everything the President said was written by someone else, and evaluated numerous times before the President even sees it, so it there was anything questionable that was being said, it would've been taken out. Speeches are checked much more closely in matters of national security.

Now if you believe in all that, there are no WMD, you are a moron.

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I didnt support the war in the first place. I thought that the weapons of mass destruction thing was bull since the beginning.
Which is a clear sign that it is a partisan issue for you, and you wouldn't support Bush no matter what the reason.

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I think Bush would have gotten more support if he said the reason he was going over was to finish a job started years ago and to free the people of Iraq. His reasons could be that it was the humane thing to do and that it would prevent the spread of communism/dictatorships/tyranny.
Iraq is not communist. And Bush did say that, people didn't care. Many who support the war find it a good enough reason, then again, many who opposed the war had, and still have no idea what Saddam was actually doing. But we live in a selfish world, ending a oppressive regime is not a reason to go to war, because it doesn't affect Americans. For the same reason that until a bomb lands on your head, you could care less about WMD.

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But its the American's job in this world I guess, sticking our nose into places it doesnt belong. Look at Vietnam. We're trying to be the international police force, and its not working.
Who says we don't belong? People will support and oppose anything we do, so we might as well do the right thing. And in so many ways, Vietnam was successful.

Vampyr 07-23-2003 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by gekko
He never was facing impeachment, never will be. You need to listen clearer to what it being said. Besides, you can't impeach Bush, because you can't link him to a crime. Presidents are always scape goats, but the truth is they only give the OK. Along the way his advisors will look at the intelligence, make decisions on the best course of action, and then brief the President. The President says OK, and it's done. Plus, everything the President said was written by someone else, and evaluated numerous times before the President even sees it, so it there was anything questionable that was being said, it would've been taken out. Speeches are checked much more closely in matters of national security.

I watched in on CNN, they said he was, Im not the original stater of the fact that he was on, once again, grounds of impeachment. I was just stating what I heard on the news. Tell them about the speeches and national security. And the way your putting it, the president is just the vessel of the words for the words of the people behind the scenes.

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Which is a clear sign that it is a partisan issue for you, and you wouldn't support Bush no matter what the reason.
Incorrect. The reason I thought it was bull was because of his reasons for thinking they had the weapons. I didnt disagree with him just because hes a republican or whatever, I just didnt think we should go attack some country when we havent seen a scrap of evidence that they have them. On the contrary, the UN weapon inspectors couldnt find anything, and they still cant.

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Who says we don't belong? People will support and oppose anything we do, so we might as well do the right thing. And in so many ways, Vietnam was successful.
Your right, anything anyone does will have mixed opinions.

Vietnam was successful!? Thats the first time Ive heard that. Go to Washington DC, and stand in front of that wall, you know, the one with the names on it. The LONG list of names. And say that again, real loud, so people can hear you.

gekko 07-23-2003 11:54 AM

Re: Saddam's Sons Confirmed Dead
 
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Originally Posted by Vampyr
I watched in on CNN, they said he was, Im not the original stater of the fact that he was on, once again, grounds of impeachment. I was just stating what I heard on the news. Tell them about the speeches and national security. And the way your putting it, the president is just the vessel of the words for the words of the people behind the scenes.

I've read the articles that were written. Bush is not facing impeachment, and no one is currently trying to get him impeached. ATD.

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Incorrect. The reason I thought it was bull was because of his reasons for thinking they had the weapons. I didnt disagree with him just because hes a republican or whatever, I just didnt think we should go attack some country when we havent seen a scrap of evidence that they have them. On the contrary, the UN weapon inspectors couldnt find anything, and they still cant.
You said you thought it was bull since the beginning, which means you didn't give him a chance. And next time pay more attention, the main arguments were over whether these weapons were a threat to America, not whether they had them. You would have to be blind to the obvious to believe that there are no WMD.

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Vietnam was successful!? Thats the first time Ive heard that. Go to Washington DC, and stand in front of that wall, you know, the one with the names on it. The LONG list of names. And say that again, real loud, so people can hear you.
If that's the case, why not go look at the list of WWII casualties, or Revolutionary War casualties. Oh, and I hate to kill your point, but people would generally be happier to hear someone say that the something was accomplished by the death of the soldiers than to say their death was worthless.

And yes, look at the reasons we went into Vietnam, and look at the end result. Wasn't pretty, but Vietnam did stop the spread of communism.

Vampyr 07-23-2003 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by gekko
You said you thought it was bull since the beginning, which means you didn't give him a chance. And next time pay more attention, the main arguments were over whether these weapons were a threat to America, not whether they had them. You would have to be blind to the obvious to believe that there are no WMD.

Well, since the beginning, he hasnt had evidence. Thus there in lies why I didnt trust it since the beginning.

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If that's the case, why not go look at the list of WWII casualties, or Revolutionary War casualties. Oh, and I hate to kill your point, but people would generally be happier to hear someone say that the something was accomplished by the death of the soldiers than to say their death was worthless.
Well, we won WWII and the Revolutionary War, so they didnt die in vain. Er, and hate to burst your bubble, but we lost Vietnam. We didnt stop communism from spreading. Hence the fact that the other side won, so they got what they wanted...

The soldiers deaths weren't in complete vain, fighting for your country is one of the most noble ways to go out. But, in the end, we did lose.

Bond 07-23-2003 12:11 PM

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I'm not going to waste my time digging up all of the evidence for you. It's obvious you, yourself, have never researched the evidence and went through the reports. It's too bad you just listen to what CNN tells you rather than finding things out for yourself.

If you would like to read the British Dossier may learn something: www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/iraqdossier.pdf

gekko 07-23-2003 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr
Well, since the beginning, he hasnt had evidence. Thus there in lies why I didnt trust it since the beginning.

He always had evidence. Just because no one shows you, doesn't mean it's not there. Showing evidence doesn't help our cause. "Hey look guys, here they are at a chemical facility that we haven't inspected yet." Wait, I got an idea! Why not move them before inspectors return? :rolleyes:

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Well, we won WWII and the Revolutionary War, so they didnt die in vain. Er, and hate to burst your bubble, but we lost Vietnam. We didnt stop communism from spreading. Hence the fact that the other side won, so they got what they wanted...
We lost Vietnam? Please, explain to me how we lost Vietnam.

We kicked their ass, bad. We won all the battles, and I don't think there's been a war where we have ever done better. So from a military standpoint, we sure as hell didn't lose.

We went in to stop the spread of communism, you know, the old domino effect. That sure worked. Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand all stayed free of communism due to Vietnam. Indonesia kicked the Soviets out in 1966 because of Vietnam. Vietnam not only stopped the spread of communism, but started the fall of communism.

South Vietnam lost the war, they never got their independence. The US accomplished what they went in there to do.

Vampyr 07-23-2003 12:16 PM

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If you would like to read the British Dossier may learn something: http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cach...tart=1&ie=UTF-8

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Im assuming that was for me, but the link is broken. The only thing I learned from that was suggestions for looking stuff up on google.

By the way, Gekko, Im not trying to argue with you, Im just debating. I find debates quite fun. :)

Bond 07-23-2003 12:18 PM

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Yes, I couldn't get it to link to the HTML version, so you can now view the PDF version and learn something.

gekko 07-23-2003 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr
Im assuming that was for me, but the link is broken. The only thing I learned from that was suggestions for looking stuff up on google.

By the way, Gekko, Im not trying to argue with you, Im just debating. I find debates quite fun. :)

Works for me. http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/iraqdossier.pdf

And finding debates fun is not necessarily a good thing. To debate means you have formed an opinion are are prepared to defend it. At 16, I see no reason why you need to form opinions on politics. In all honesty you would be better off absorbing information, and asking questions to help understand instead of arguing. Then over the next few years you'll learn something, but get really pissed off when you have to argue a 14 year old on a gaming forum about politics. Just my advice.

The Duggler 07-23-2003 03:18 PM

I feel like arguing today :)
 
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Posted by gekko :
Now if you believe in all that, there are no WMD, you are a moron.
So now we are morons if we don't think that there are WMDs? Well show them to me and I'll believe you, but until then, don't call me a moron.

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Iraq is not communist. And Bush did say that, people didn't care. Many who support the war find it a good enough reason, then again, many who opposed the war had, and still have no idea what Saddam was actually doing. But we live in a selfish world, ending a oppressive regime is not a reason to go to war, because it doesn't affect Americans. For the same reason that until a bomb lands on your head, you could care less about WMD.
Look, your 2 reasons why the US invaded Iraq was 1-the WMD and 2-To free the population. Well, we all know what happened with number 1 and I would have to say that #2 is pretty much stupid because of the fact that there is a lot of places worse than Iraq and if it was the case then Iraq should be part 1 of a world wide crusade to "free" all those who suffer. I say that you have one hell of a job to do. Also, don't you find it odd that it's still chaos out there, that the main services have not yet been restored, but there is already oil shippement coming from Iraq?

gekko 07-23-2003 03:42 PM

Re: I feel like arguing today :)
 
He's back! *hears no clapping*

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Originally Posted by Ranzid
Well show them to me and I'll believe you, but until then, don't call me a moron.

There's a long list of reasons to call you a moron. But you're a special case. Where's your buddy these days? Wonder if he got hit by a bomb :D

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Look, your 2 reasons why the US invaded Iraq was 1-the WMD and 2-To free the population.
My two reasons? I got more than two reasons.

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Well, we all know what happened with number 1
We effectively stopped the production of WMD by the Iraqi regime, and prevented the death of many.

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I would have to say that #2 is pretty much stupid because of the fact that there is a lot of places worse than Iraq
Where did you hear that, the news? I mean, by all means try to pretend you actually care, but you don't. You are against helping out Iraqis, and you make no effort to help the people of these "worse places." You could care less about all of them, so why make the effort to pretend like you care? Iraq is of strategic importance, I can't believe you still haven't figured that out.

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Also, don't you find it odd that it's still chaos out there,
No. Afghanistan was the same way, or did you not pay attention?

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that the main services have not yet been restored,
Not a surprise, except to people who think you can rebuild a country in a day.

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but there is already oil shippement coming from Iraq?
And no. It's the largest source of income the country has, and the country needs money to be rebuilt.

The Duggler 07-23-2003 04:32 PM

Re: I feel like arguing today :)
 
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Posted by gekko:He's back! *hears no clapping*

There's a long list of reasons to call you a moron. But you're a special case. Where's your buddy these days? Wonder if he got hit by a bomb :D
:wtf: huu.. Ok?

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My two reasons? I got more than two reasons.
And what are those?

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We effectively stopped the production of WMD by the Iraqi regime, and prevented the death of many.
Oh ok, so now it's the "production" of WMD that needed to be stopped :rolleyes:

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Where did you hear that, the news?
Why? You didn't lnow that?
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I mean, by all means try to pretend you actually care, but you don't.
You're right! I don't give a ****. But are you telling me that you actually care for those people? Come on tell me the truth.
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You are against helping out Iraqis, and you make no effort to help the people of these "worse places." You could care less about all of them, so why make the effort to pretend like you care?
WTF? I'm not superman, so let them die. Let them sort out their **** by themselves. It's not like we are doing much of a difference anyways. And what's that **** about me pretending to care. I'm not saying that you're doing nothing to help other miserable countries because I care for them, I'm saying that to show you that your argument about saving Iraqis is ****.
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Iraq is of strategic importance, I can't believe you still haven't figured that out.
Strategic importance for what? Showing to other "non-behaving" countries to calm down? The only strategic importance I know about Iraq, is in the oil market.

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No. Afghanistan was the same way, or did you not pay attention?
Then why do it? Oh yhea, they're a threat :rolleyes:

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Not a surprise, except to people who think you can rebuild a country in a day.
But the oil is sure flowing easily

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And no. It's the largest source of income the country has, and the country needs money to be rebuilt.
Yhea, the country get IT'S part of the oil (being extracted by US companies) money and that part is given to some other US companies to rebuilt what you guys destroy. Amazing.

gekko 07-23-2003 05:14 PM

Re: I feel like arguing today :)
 
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Originally Posted by Ranzid
:wtf: huu.. Ok?

Almasurah, duh!

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And what are those?
I'm not going to make a list.

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Oh ok, so now it's the "production" of WMD that needed to be stopped :rolleyes:
It's actually the destruction that needs to be started, but stopping production is a good place to start.

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Why? You didn't lnow that?
Because you don't seem to comprehend anything on your own, only regurgitate what someone else said. You can't say "We shouldn't have attacked Iraq because there are worse places" unless you actually know about those places. Unless you've actually done the research, don't bother trying to state a point. I don't want to hear what you heard some guy on CNN say.

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You're right! I don't give a ****. But are you telling me that you actually care for those people? Come on tell me the truth.
Personally? No. But do I were in their shoes, I would hope someone would do the same for me. I don't know these people, but I do think the US is doing the right thing by fighting for people who can't fight for themselves. We have two choices, sit back and watch thousands of people getting killed, or do something about it. I say we should do something.

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WTF? I'm not superman, so let them die. Let them sort out their **** by themselves. It's not like we are doing much of a difference anyways. And what's that **** about me pretending to care. I'm not saying that you're doing nothing to help other miserable countries because I care for them, I'm saying that to show you that your argument about saving Iraqis is ****.
You made an argument that the US shouldn't go into Iraq because there are worse places. But in all reality, you don't care. In other words, you just hate America. But don't worry, America hates you.

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Strategic importance for what? Showing to other "non-behaving" countries to calm down? The only strategic importance I know about Iraq, is in the oil market.
Strategic importance to everything. By taking away the biggest threat to Middle Eastern countries, you allow room for change. Iraq is also the best place to setup a democracy, since they are the most educated out of the Middle East. They also have tons of oil, which in turn means money to allow them to develop as a country. Then you set an example, and it begins to rub off onto other Middle Eastern countries. There will likely be a revolt in Iran, the Israel/Palestine conflict is moving forward better than anyone could've imagined, and North Korea has all but shut up. If there is one place in the Middle East that has the best chance of being a successful democracy, it's Iraq.


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Then why do it? Oh yhea, they're a threat :rolleyes:
Wow, you got lost. My reply had nothing to do with doing anything.

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But the oil is sure flowing easily
Because it wasn't destroyed in the process. It also provides a lot of jobs.

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Yhea, the country get IT'S part of the oil (being extracted by US companies) money and that part is given to some other US companies to rebuilt what you guys destroy. Amazing.
You're catching on. It does come full circle, it's supposed to. American tax payers do not want to pay for the rebuilding of Iraq, therefore, Iraq will pay to rebuild itself. US companies have always been getting oil from the Middle East, they do not have the technology to do it themselves. US construction companies are also some of the best in the world, and ones that our government have contracts with, and know what they are capable of. Any surprise they would choose them? No. The US isn't getting rich off of Iraqi oil, the only money from Iraq is going to the reconstruction of their own country, something they need, and for the oil companies to develop the oil fieds, something that oil companies have always done.

Rndm_Perfection 07-23-2003 05:23 PM

:rofl: It's Ranzid and Gekko at it again.

Ooooh the humility.... Ooooh the futility!

gekko 07-23-2003 05:26 PM

Re: Saddam's Sons Confirmed Dead
 
It's not completely futile. One day he might catch on.

I'm educating the less fortunate, helping out society.


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