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The UN didn't stop us from unseating Hussein this time. We threw around enough propoganda to justify our war. That, coupled with public fervor over 9/11 and Bush's allegations of "terrorism links" with Iraq. Speaking of which, why are the Republicans trying to limit the probe into intelligence gathered in Iraq? What are they trying to hide, out of curiostiy?
I know who the Palestinians are. They are the native Arabs who were trampled on by the British 1917 Balfour Declaration, declaring Israel as a state within Palestine. Call me crazy, but another country issuing an edict declaring someone elses country a different country and populating it with a new population is wrong. I can see why the Palestinians are really cheesed about the whole thing. Now these Ultra-Zionists want to see the Palestinians eradicated because they want to control the entire biblical-era Israel.
Yeah, so what if the Jews had the land to themselves several millennia ago? To make a comparison, why doesn't every non-Native American in this country just leave and give it back to the Native Americans? I bet you don't like that idea, now do you?
On a final note, being as this thread was started about "fake patriotism" (which I totally agree with 3LeggedFrog on this one), yeah, many troops over the years have given their lives to protect American freedoms, including the freedom of speech I have now. But the attitude nowadays seems to be one of "sit down, shut up, do as your told, and don't rock the boat. Don't think, just do as your told, and don't question the powers that be" - I don't know if I can do that. That attitude, in and of itself defeats American freedoms.
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"Yesterday we bowed our heads to kings and bent our necks to emperors. But today we kneel only to truth..."
- Kahlil Gibran
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