Bush is at it again...

[playa_playa]

Originally posted by gekko
And what do you call it when you talk before you're acquainted with the full facts?

It's called a false conclusion or sometimes a hasty generalization.

I'm not understanding the point of this post...was it made to educated me that the No Gun Ri massacre was misconstrued (which proves ironic since the official statements from the Pentagon denied any deliberate killings and refused to apologize for the incident, calling it a "tragic occurence") by me? I only ask because you don't provide an explanation. I'm a bit confused.

But if you ARE saying that my views on the No Gun Ri incident is false, provide me some facts supporting your claim. I'll be happy to retract my position should you provide a valid and sufficient supporting data.

In any case, there were more mishaps in the world history caused by the United States than just this incident. Don't get me wrong, we, as a country, did many good things. But not everything we did was just. Even if the No Gun Ri incident is different than my construction of it (which I highly doubt), there are more than enough cases of wrongdoings we committed to prove my original point.

I'm basing my judgment on history, not this recent year. I don't care if you agree or disagree with my judgement. It is my judgement and that is that.

Has it ever occured to you that some people may view us in the same light as you shine on the Arabs? I mean, the descendents of the millions of native Americans the United States eradicated must have a strong feeling about us as well in that regard.

People are people. I think it's about time we get rid of the rudimentary "us" versus "them" mentality. In any case, you are entitled to your opinion and the right to express it - whether I disagree with it or not.