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Originally posted by irateplatypus
i don't know how else to say this... you're wrong.
i've never heard anyone say anything like that. when was the last time you heard someone say they'd love to just drop a freakin bunker buster bomb on saddam's wife? even if you could find an individual who would say that, you're a good 200 million short from making any collective argument. how many times must our leaders make it abundantly clear that the war was against the regime, not the people? how many leaflets must be dropped detailing how best to avoid the action? how many soldiers must be picked off from the minarets of mosques we refuse to level at our own peril? there were civilian casualties... regrettably there were. instead of the self-loathing... why not blame the cowards who hide ammunition depots in hospitals or hide machine gun nests in schools?
it's frustrating when arguments are built on premises that are blatantly false. as soon as you find enough people that desparately need to agree with it... the accusations spiral uncontrollably.
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I don't know where you were during the run-up to the invasion. The night before the war started we made one last effort to make a debilitating strike--we bombed a compound we believed held Hussein and his family.
The US public watched it on TV. And then we watched the bombs drop throughout the most populated city in Iraq. We justified the smoke clouds and necessary maneuvers to bring an abrubt end to the war. We dropped bombs on media stations and claimed that was appropriate because they were sending out propaganda.
Every time an issue comes up like this numerous people suggest we just turn the region into glass. You have participated in those threads and seen such posts, so where do you get off acting all disturbed and accusing me of speculation?
It isn't civil in my mind to poison the well. Poisoning the well is a logical fallacy and it's also just plain rude. Implying that my disagreement is a form of self-loathing is not polite. Stemming further disagreement by suggesting only fools don't see it your way is not polite, either.
I've said my opinion regarding events and reactions as I watched them occur. It isn't meant to convince anyone who doesn't want to be convinced. I suspect that other people are reading what I typed and silently agreeing. My words are intended to support them.