[Vision2020] Six gay men shot to death in Iraq
bear at moscow.com
bear at moscow.com
Tue Apr 7 14:11:48 PDT 2009
Donovan - WOW! A thoughtful and well thought out comment!
Are you willing to give the UN the support both politically and financially that it needs
to take
substantive action? Did you know that the US will not commit troops to a UN force unless
there is an American in Command? The UN has no standing military force, which it needs to
do
such actions as you advocate. Darfur, one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the
world.
Over 2.5 million people have been displaced since the beginning of the conflict. Many of
these
refugees have gone into camps where emergency aid has created conditions that, although
extremely basic, are better than in the villages, which offer no protection against the
various
militias that operate in the region. WHY don't we do something about that? My guess is
because they are poor, they have no resources, and they are black.
We agree that 9/11 was an excuse and "We the People...." were sold a bill of goods! So,
now
that King George is out of office, where is the plan to bring him and a cabal to justice?
And as to WWII, I agree again with you! And I would remind people that we didn't declare
war
on Germany until AFTER they declared war on US. We initially declared war only on Japan.
And we also agree about the setting of folks on fire, rape and shootings. Now, where are
the
POLICE departments in those countries? Those are conditions that are allowed to exist by
the
people in those countries. Help, YES........ lone intervention - NO.
A bit fuzzy on why we went to war against the British. The Tea Tax, the Stamp Acts etc
are
little understood by most Americans today, and DID NOT effect the average person back in
the
1770's. The drink of choice in those days by the majority of the public was cider. The tax
effected the wealthy. Same thing with the Stamp Acts......... they effected the wealthy,
the
stamps were mainly on legal documents like land transfers. And don't you think that the
British
tax payers got sick and tired of paying for the defense of North America without the
Americans
paying anything? In India, salt played a small part, but again, the Indians were oppressed
for
the sake of the wealthy.
And when you talk about 100s of millions suffering, I also agree with you, but at what
point
does it become strictly a US problem as opposed to a world problem? Concerted WORLD
military action, YES. American adventurism and lone military action, NO.
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