jrh72582
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If only you applied this statement consistently. If so, Bush should have gotten invaded and hung.
Where is the Anti-War Movement in the Age of Obama?
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ViRedd
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OK, fine. But I was questioning Med on his assertion that the U.S. military has killed over one million iraqis. The site you provided certainly doesn't prove that by any means.
I think Med just pulls figures out of his arse.
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Rob Roy
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Gotta disagree, it was an act of pre emptive war. It didn't need to happen and cost alot of money and alot of suffering.
So according to that site Med is fudging his facts by a factor of 10. Either that or the site is so conservative it counts 1 body for every 10 it finds?
IMO we need to get out of wars. The people of those countries see America as the enemy, not the Taliban or Al'queda. They have long memories and you will see backlash events for the next century due to it. It only breeds more terrorists every day.
CrackerJax
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it was NOT a pre emptive war. It was the same verse same as the first. Remember desert storm 1? Saddam had been given FAIR notice..... he pushed it, and we answered.
Rob Roy
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Call it what you will. I don't believe the United States has any business being the world police. I'd also question the constitutionality of some of our military actions. I'm not a pacifist, I just don't think we gain anything by an interventionist foreign policy.
CrackerJax
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The USA isn't the world police, but considering the alternatives....it's the best police possible. Don't worry, someday there will be the Chinese police world force....I'm sure you'll love it.
Rob Roy
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You seem to want both sides...are we the world police in your opinion or not?
Hard to deny us being the world police in my opinion. We still occupy Germany, Japan, Korea many years later. The USA has over 700 bases on foreign soil. Not to mention we spend almost as much as the rest of the world combined on "defense".
I agree someday the Chinese may surpass us in many things...maybe we should pre emptively attack them now?
CrackerJax
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I guess you have to define world police. Our system is everywhere and we protect our interest wherever they may lie. If someone tramples upon one of our allies, we are there to help. Should other nations do more than give lip service via the UN? You bet....but don't hold your breath. Resolutions don't defeat dictators....
MexicanWarlord420
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Could this be the reason why the rest of the world hates us?
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