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[miltiades]

Ready to pounce on your rather ineffectual mutterings and boringly constructed sentences , I mean "skittering rat " Where did you learn that in Cuba ? Oh , almost forgot , Iraq no doubt , but hold on , the last time I heard this phrase was in reference to your hero B.L , for skipping from hole to hole in Northern Pakistan.

[denizaksulu]

Ready to pounce on your rather ineffectual mutterings and boringly constructed sentences , I mean "skittering rat " Where did you learn that in Cuba ? Oh , almost forgot , Iraq no doubt , but hold on , the last time I heard this phrase was in reference to your hero B.L , for skipping from hole to hole in Northern Pakistan.

Hi Miltiades, I sincerely hope that you do not assume all anti-Americans to be friends of B.L. He certainly is not my friend.
Regards

[Eliko]

denizaksulu, please don't confuse the old boy, he's still trying to work out where the expression 'skittering rat' comes from.

[miltiades]

Ready to pounce on your rather ineffectual mutterings and boringly constructed sentences , I mean "skittering rat " Where did you learn that in Cuba ? Oh , almost forgot , Iraq no doubt , but hold on , the last time I heard this phrase was in reference to your hero B.L , for skipping from hole to hole in Northern Pakistan.

Hi Miltiades, I sincerely hope that you do not assume all anti-Americans to be friends of B.L. He certainly is not my friend.
Regards

Of course not my dear friend , this Eliko character is not only anti - West but he wholly supports all the horrible events taking place in Iraq by merely suggesting that HE is looking for the root causes of suicide bombers .He rejoices at every death in Iraq caused by these savages so that he can add another black mark on America. You saw him post that every single death in Iraq is caused by America. He is a first class idiot and I shall continue to ignore him !!!

[Steve0505]

Seems like money well spent to me when you look at what the cost would have been if Saddam was allowed to get WMD

[denizaksulu]

denizaksulu, please don't confuse the old boy, he's still trying to work out where the expression 'skittering rat' comes from.

I think he knows what it means. And not too much of the old man bit. We are of the same age. Theres still a good 24 hours left in us!

[Eliko]

Steve0505, welcome to the forum.

The whole issue being discussed here revolves around the fact that Saddam did not have such weapons, that the general public was lied to by it's leaders and that the attack on Iraq was unlawful.

The money spent is therefore an unacceptable burden to the population of the US and has cost the country much of it's credibility on the world stage.


Although you wouldn't notice much of a discussion at the present time.

[Steve0505]

Its easy to be wise after the event, he had plenty of opportunities to comply with UN resolutions, would you have approved of the action if WMD had been found.

[Filitsa]

I personally blame the politicians, I have seen them in action, I have sat with them during debates and have been shocked at their behaviour in privacy, I would dearly love to find what encourages the ordinary people, particularly we of the West, to submit to the awful actions of our nations, 'knowing them to be wrong', accepting the fact that they are mostly the result of chicanery, yet offering complete loyalty.

Eliko, I think "we" submit because we are so far removed from the reality of politics. For example, the U.S., in effect, employs a two party electoral system. The only real difference between the two is the means by which they attempt to achieve their goals. Couple this with the affluence necessary to obtain a seat in Congress, and the result is a limited form of democracy. Nevertheless, given the options, I'll take it.

Am I so wrong when I try to determine the 'Root Causes' of the conflicts in the world ?.

No ...

Do I deserve derision and sustained insult for embarking on such a quest ?.

... and no again.

Best Wishes to you Filitsa.

Likewise, Eliko.

[Eliko]

Its easy to be wise after the event, he had plenty of opportunities to comply with UN resolutions, would you have approved of the action if WMD had been found.

Absolutely YES. (providing they represented the imminent threat suggested by our PM.)

What I strongly object to is the fact that PRIOR to the invention of all the horror stories surrounding Saddam Hussein's regime, the Americans AND the British were great pals of his, there is much to suggest that the whole scenario of events were carefully planned beforehand.

The ultimate execution of Saddam was also the burial of evidence.

Politics is a dirty business, we all know it, we've all seen and experienced the outcome of it.