08-19-2003, 03:32 PM | #1 | |
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08-19-2003, 09:12 PM | #2 |
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Why? Who knows? Who can understand such blind & senseless hatred of all things perceived as Western such as the UN, that they would kill themselves to kill others (assuming it was a suicide bombing), even those who would help them?
Words cannot express the sense of outrage I felt when I read this headline in the newspaper. I hope the perpetrators burn in hell for all eternity.
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08-19-2003, 09:49 PM | #3 |
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Just goes too prove you cant reason with Terrorist.
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08-19-2003, 09:55 PM | #4 |
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Totally outragous!!! The more I think about what happened, the more I'm not sure that Iraqis were behind this. This is how Al Quida operates. Huge truck bombs are almost a signature of theirs. Also why would Iraqis bite the hand that fed them. The UN gave food to everyone in Iraq last week. Not very smart IMO. The Iranians could alo be behind this as well. We'll find out soon who was responsible.
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08-20-2003, 12:28 AM | #5 | |
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Or do I miss some vital infromation?
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08-20-2003, 12:48 AM | #6 |
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Absolutely silly. Seriously, if you're going to fight a war, fight a war. Fight with the soldiers, they're the ones you have a beef. Leave the humanitarians out of it.
That's the difference between terrorists and soldiers. Soldiers fight other armed, trained men. Terrorists are simply murderers shrouding their crimes with a cause. Although apparently soldiers can be terrorists if you listen to Mr. Rumsfeld talk about "illegal combatants."
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Are you saying soldiers cant be terrorist? Vietnam anyone?
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08-20-2003, 09:50 AM | #8 | |
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Secondly, many Iraqis see the UN as the enemy too - it was after all, ten years of UN sanctions (at the behest of the US) that brought the country to its knees, ruined the middle class and was responsible for so many deaths through sickness and disease. Many Iraqis were probably glad that they could finally take a shot at the organisation that 'teamed up with the US' to ruin their lives. I suspect that, when the UN refused to authorise the war on Iraq, it gained more respectability - but immediately lost that respectability once more when it 'welcomed' the 'puppet' regime in Iraq (as seen by the Iraqi résistance groups). In so doing, it took political sides with the US and the UK and that moment on, its compound became part of the 'occupation' forces and therefore its officials and representatives became legitimate targets. The UN has no business taking sides in an ongoing war - it should have just stuck with the humanitarian side - organising a civilian relief effort: and there *certainly* should not have been US/UK troops guarding the compound - there should have been troops from other countries - wearing blue berets. [ 08-20-2003, 10:03 AM: Message edited by: Skunk ] |
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08-20-2003, 12:32 PM | #9 | |
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Are you saying soldiers cant be terrorist? Vietnam anyone? [/QUOTE]Yes you're correct, many US soldiers definetly terrorized Vietnamese villagers. |
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08-20-2003, 12:38 PM | #10 |
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Soldiers can be terrorists, Iron_Ranger. But I have seen nothing to indicate that the ones being called illegal combatants were anything other than fighters. Remember that not every Nazi footsoldier was deemed a war criminal.
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