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Originally posted by Sparhawk
Dragonlich,
You are, in essence if not in fact, saying that there is no way that Saddam could have mollified the international community, since you are completely pre-disposed to not believing a single thing he says.
Now, I have no intention of debating your position, but I do want to ask you a question: since nothing short of having Saddam removed from power would have satisfied you, why do you persist in these internet debates? It seems entirely fruitless and beyond a waste of time.
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True. It is utterly pointless. That's exactly why I left that *other* thread... it's not that I could not come up with a proper response, it's just that the whole discussion was going nowhere. Everyone was convinced that they are right, and some even seemed to be convinced their opponent is stupid/uneducated...
On the other hand, if some anti-war people already *know* that the war was bad, that Bush is evil, that it was all about oil, and that everything their "conservative" opponents throw at them is wrong... why do *they* keep debating? Nothing short of "yes, you're right" will satisfy them, apparently...
In fact, given that we'll all die anyway, we might as well spend our time on useful things instead of pointless debates. Which leads to the obvious question: what are *you* still doing here?
Let's just say that I (and many others here) get drawn to debate like a moth to a flame. I (and they) want to show other people the "truth" as they see it, and hope they'll eventually agree. Isn't that what debate is all about?