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Posted by Rik Wasmus on 09/14/07 17:32
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:07:43 +0200, Jerry Stuckle
<jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>> Yep, you are an idiot if you think they didn't attack us. Some
>>> reminders:
>>> [...]
>> How many people in the world were killed by US soldiers? Or by US
>> weapons thrown into a fight to make some money and to "protect" the US
>> economical interests? How many people suffer from starvation and poverty
>> because the US is exploiting their land or restricting their trading?
>>
>
> How many innocent civilians? Far fewer than those killed every day by
> the terrorists.
Which entirely depends on who you call 'terrorists'. It's become a buzz
word to justify a lot of actions that would otherwise not condoned. The
confederates would have called the yanks terrorists and vice-versa. Wether
you agree or disagree with a governments actions, always be very sceptical
about their propaganda.
>> What good have the US done to the world in the last decades?
>
> We've made it safer. Just like we did in WW II.
And you consume like hell. We're happy to offload our products unto you
untill the bubble bursts :).
>>> Every one of them by Muslim extremists. And these same extremists
>>> have vowed to destroy our civilization.
>> There are reasons for that. They don't do that just for fun. No, I
>> don't
>> support them, but I don't support the US and their behaviour either.
>>
>
> Who cares whether you support us or not. I sure don't. But I guess
> that means you support terrorism.
That old argument is flawed in so many ways it doesn't even justify an
answer.
But this is getting way to offtopic for me....
--
Rik Wasmus
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