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Originally Posted by DJ Happy
Europe has been dealing with terrorist attacks for far longer than the US. For the US to think that they are alone in this smacks of the insular attitude they've long been accused of (and probably a good reason for some foreigners to write to them and set them straight on a few issues).
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Right, the IRA, the Basque seperatists, minor squabbles. The worst Europe has had is the Madrid train bombings and that still doesn't even come close to the magnitude of the September 11th attacks.
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Originally Posted by Tophat665
It's not like England has invaded to take Bush out of power, as we did in Iraq.
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The Iraqi people did not have the power to get rid of Saddam themselves, they needed an outside force to do it. Just like Britian declared war on Germany in 1939 so they could oust the German leader.
The difference here is that the American people, if they so choose to have the power to pick a new leader. And by interfering with that process, the Guardian is violating the sovereign rights of the United States. I doubt the British would be happy if next year we started sending letters to them telling them to reelect Tony Blair.