Why do you care about Iraq?Originally Posted by Proletariat
Re: Some joyous tidings from Israel
Why do you care about Iraq?
Wooooo!!!
Re: Some joyous tidings from Israel
Don't even pretend the amount invested by Europe in Israel compares to the amount the US leadership invested in Iraq. WE did not invade Iraq- "elected"(being that Bush did not win the popular vote) leadership took us into the war. Now we've got our future tied to it. Is Europe(that is, European peoples) invested in the future of Israel in such a way?
Last edited by seireikhaan; 01-12-2009 at 07:14.
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I didn't ask you. I asked the person who cared about "let's free Iraq" for a long time. I know that many Americans had the same opinion before the war. Either that or they thought Iraq had something to do with 9/11.
Anyway, what's wrong with talking about the Middle East? It's not as if we're having a fetish. Don't you think we wouldn't be having an Iraqi problem if people were more informative of Iraq?
Last edited by Shaka_Khan; 01-12-2009 at 07:39.
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First- How should I know where you're from when you hide your location?I didn't ask you. I asked the person who cared about "let's free Iraq" for a long time. I know that many Americans had the same opinion before the war. Either that or they thought Iraq had something to do with 9/11.
Anyway, what's wrong with talking about the Middle East?
I'm pretending to be European now.
Second- Perhaps those Americans believed the government when they stated there were WMDs in the possession of a guy like Hussein? I'm sure for enough Americans, that very thought, in the post-9/11 atmosphere was positively terrifying given the guy used chemical weapons on his own people.
Third- I believe the overall point was that it gets tiresome to see Euros belittling each over in divisive debate over something in which they've far less invested(except, perhaps, the UK) than the US. It seems, to an outsider, an exercise in pointlessness. Especially when no side is exactly a bunch of angels.
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...which shows how concerned about Iraq the Americans were. They considered Iraq as the same threat level as the 9/11ers and thus intervened. The people in this forum weren't even talking about intervening on Palestine or Israel.
This is why people should be more interested in what goes on outside their country instead of following whatever the top man says. Much of the world outside the US were following the IAEA.
I just hope people will find a way to stop the violence that keeps on repeating. Sometimes I like to talk about the tragedies that I see when I can't do anything else about it.
Last edited by Shaka_Khan; 01-12-2009 at 07:56.
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Indeed, informed electorates are what should make the base of democracy. However, I think it rather logical that people would listen to the man they elected rather than some man they man a world away, from a psychological perspective.
With the exception of a few well done posts by the like of Seamus, "talk" doesn't really describe every single Israel/Palestine thread since the inception of a backroom here. "Talk" would be great. Unfortunately, we tend to get treated to a mix of trolling, defiance, finger pointing, and blind nationalism instead.I just hope people will find a way to stop the violence that keeps on repeating. Sometimes, I like to talk about the tragedies that I see when I can't do anything else about it.
Last edited by seireikhaan; 01-12-2009 at 07:52.
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Re: Some joyous tidings from Israel
Now they know better.
Last edited by Shaka_Khan; 01-12-2009 at 07:55.
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Well, this is the Backroom.
It is kinda for debate...
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This thread is not an example of debate...
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No, it is a HEATED debate.
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