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Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx
I hate to agree with dimwit Herbivore, but there are far bigger offendors we're calling allies who would make for much better targets if we're going to make anyone a target at all.
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You and I are going to be hanging out and stuff really soon, just like close "buds."
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That said - what purpose does this nonsense about talking up Hussein's good points serve????? Yeah they have a great sewage and garbage system... because he's a crazed maniac with fucked up priorities. Iraq IS oppressive.
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Agreed. But you miss the point, and by doing so you perpetuate this same black/white reality that panties perpetuates.
Neither myself, nor anybody else I know of, uses the "good points" of Iraq to defend his actions. To say otherwise means your taking it out of context.
For example, I mainly brought up the "advanced" status of Iraq when Panty ass started talking about how us "modern" Americans will "modernize" the rest of the Arab world, and how they will love us for it.
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To say he provides free education, or even free haircuts for that matter means very little. Women are allowed to school in Iraq? How many female doctors, lawyers, politicians, scientists etc. are there in Iraq???? You can call him a moderate and compare the worser of two evils, but evil is still evil.
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No one is calling HIM moderate. You gave an accurate criticism of Hussein, and I agree with you. But talking of Iraq in a context that isn't true (ie. panties over his head) just to further his war hopes is wrong. I'll use your logic: Why say that sanctions are a myth, that they hurt nobody, and that Saddam could make everyone in Iraq rich if he wanted??? Why not stick to relevant criticisms??
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You can be anti war without being pro Saddam. Try it.
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NOTE TO SELF: Cancel annual subscrition to "Saddamy whammy," the annual pin-up magazine/fan club for lovers of Iraqi dictators. Don't be so naive. People on these boards don't support Hussein, and to imply otherwise is just silly. We do believe in looking at the whole picture, which includes looking at relations with Iraq prior to 1990, the status of Iraqi civilization prior to 1990, etc. Just some random examples.