big lu said:
I dont like Bush and his policies either and just like you I also do alot of complaining about this current government. I just get the feeling that our reasons are different and that is why I get defensive. The reason I'm against all this shit is because its out of love for my country and I think our leadership can do better if it changed come November. When I read your posts you seem to me like you're just against the US and I think that's where the disaggreement comes in.
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I am very much against US foreign policy, that DOES NOT MEAN I AM AGAINST THE ORDINARY PEOPLE OF THE US.
When I 1st posted about the pictures that have come to light, it was not an attack on US people...it WAS an attack on US Soldiers who committed those actions.
I would hope you don't just defend Americans, because they are American, but defend them because they are innocent or such like. As you know these people are far from innocent and should therefore be condemned, if they were mongolian they should be hammered, if they were Argentinian they should be hammered, if they were English they should be hammered.
Its not a case of me having a go at Americans, but i'm sure you can appreciate if someone was against the war in Iraq like i was, when you add all of these factors, it becomes compounded.
The US has been guilty of double standards, i'm sure we don't need to go into the fact the US supported Hussein against Iran, so when I hear someone like Rumsfeld turn around and say Hussein needs to be removed because he is evil......it makes me furious, because he was just as evil when he was on the American side!!!
That is why, us here in Britain (i don't speak for everyone obviously, but those who do) were not accepting that reasons for war are that Hussein is a despot.......because we have known that for years and years, Blair's reasons to us were WMD....you live and die by your decisions on such matters, so hopefully Blair will pay with his loss of an election, he went with the US, he gambled and failed, and so should take the consequence.
To be honest big lu, it sounds like we probably have a number of things in common regarding your government.....please don't be affected by the fact i'm not from the US, i'm Argentinian who lives in England...i've got no problem with the US believe me, I love Seinfeld, I love Chasey Lain and I love Steph Mcmahon...nuff said!:nanner: :hatsoff:
I draw the line though at abuse of prisoners, i hope that the rumour going round of what is on these videos that are to come out, are not true. I won't discuss that issue, until it comes to light, but i hope they did not do what is rumoured, i'm sure you have heard the rumours yourself today.