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Originally posted by Animal: It pi**es me off when people justify the means by the end result. A man is judged based upon his actions and his words, so what kind of men do you have in office? What kind of men are in control of the worlds most powerful destructive force?

Yes, people are judged based upon their actions. What, then, should be our judgement about those who did not step up to the plate and help the Coalition forces depose Hussein, a known murderer?

Originally posted by Animal: Remind me again, what role Iraq played in a threat to US national security? How long will it be before Canada or Mexico is deemed a threat to national security? The only people that can stop this kind of lying and deceipt are the citizens of the United States of America, and apparantely they don't care.

Canada? Mexico? Threats to national security? [img]graemlins/erm.gif[/img] Not to be rude or anything, but...not hardly.

We know our leaders are going to lie to us at some point; in fact, we expect it...it is simply part of the nature of politics.

I wouldn't say that we don't care. Rather, there are those in America who are tired of always being protrayed as "the bad guy" throughout most of the world. For the most part, the average American will take only so much of this sort of harassment before desiring to "push back", so to speak. I, personally, don't really care, because I am above such pettiness and, quite honestly, the naysayers who deride America are beneath my notice. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans are not like me....("thank God", Belle mutters as she reads over my shoulder [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img] )
In short, it has a lot to do with the "cowboy" nature that Timber describes.

Originally posted by Animal: Yes, Saddam was a potential threat, but Mr. Bush presents a far graver potential threat than Saddam ever could have.

Only when he decides to hold a press conference. [img]graemlins/doh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img]