[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Dick,

I don't feel guilty for living here.  I am appalled at what is being done by 
my government, and it's my duty to speak up about it if I think it's wrong.  
Saddam did not act in my name, but my government does.

A couple of questions for you:

Have you had a chance to look at Bush's statements regarding the inspectors 
being barred from Iraq?  Don't you agree he was lying when he made those 
statements?  You have said that Bush's critics have no evidence that he has 
lied.  I think this is pretty convincing proof, and I await your response.

Why are we in Iraq?  If we are there to build democracy as the 
Administration now claims, then our treatment of Iraqi civilians is 
important, and highly relelvant to our being accepted there.  If we are 
there to establish a stronghold in the region and set up permanent bases, 
then is it as important to the Administration to win hearts and minds?  
Since few people welcome this sort of invasion and colonization, apart from 
Quislings, we can then treat all Iraqis as the enemy, and stop pussy-footing 
around, as Ed suggests, right?

Sunil




>From: "rvrcowboy" <rvrcowboy at clearwire.net>
>To: "Vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Human Toll
>Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 05:45:07 -0700
>
>To listen to most of the people on this forum, you might be led to believe
>that, before the war, no Iraqis were ever tortured, or died under 
>suspicious
>circumstances.  We all know that, under Saddam, the country was at
>peace....NOT!
>
>This war did not create sectarian violence, no matter what the left wants 
>us
>all to believe.  Most of the Iraqi deaths are still being caused by Muslim
>extremists killing fellow Muslims because of differences of opinions on
>religion or politics.
>
>Find fault with the United States all you want if it will placate your 
>guilt
>for living in the greatest nation on Earth (that will surely be disputed by
>many here) but I feel no guilt at all about the condition of life in Iraq.
>It wasn't exactly a vacation paradise before the war, as I recall anyway.
>
>Dick