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Old 06-24-2003, 08:52 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally posted by geep
Maybe it was a pre-emptive strike- don't we have the right to defend ourselves?
Defend by attacking? Like germany has done with Poland or Russia? cool idea...

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Originally posted by geep
If there are dictatorships in this world where people have no voice in their government, where the citizens of a country are tortured indescriminately and brutally, where death at the hands of their government reaches genocidal proportions, shuoldn't we help save these people?
When do you attack Congo? North Korea? etc.
BTW: are you able to install a democratic goverment in Iraq? If yes, please start soon.

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Originally posted by geep
What IS the answer to their salvation?
the question if we should attack or not can not be answered alone by a single nation. never!

BTW: Go here and read the guidlines for a justified attack i pointed out there:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=12075



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Originally posted by geep
Do we stand idle and do nothing but watch MILLIONS of others die too?
you/we have done it for years, and we still doing it.
Belive it or not, the attack on the Iraq had nothing to do with "liberating people" or save them from sure death. We are not that noble.
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