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ravendisplayed) wrote2005-01-20 11:43 pm
ravendisplayed) wrote2005-01-20 11:43 pm
Several other things
The important thing about the end of the search for WMDs in Iraq in not that none were found. Indeed, that was obvious to anyone with an ounce of brains after Hans Blix had released his preliminary report and Scott Ritter had given his plea. The important thing is that Bush still considers the war to be worth it. What is 'it' exactly? What 'it' is worth attacking a country that posed no threat to us or the world? What 'it' is worth the deaths of over 1000 American soldiers? What 'it' is worth the lives of 100,000 civilians? What 'it' is worth $150 billion dollars? What 'it' is worth the complete loss of foreign goodwill that the US had?
Peace? Freedom? Yes, I would say that peace and freedom would be worth it. But the war against Iraq has brought neither, and it will not. It has provoced a civil war in Iraq. It has produced a farce of an election that will not be fair or free by any stretch of the imagination.
So, what, exactly, was worth it, and why?
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Aparantly they are going to try to close the Iraqi border for the elections. I wonder if they will be any more sucessful than the US.
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Oh, the irony. On a related note, I like the graphic at the bottom of this article. Is it a voter map or a population density map? The only way to really tell the difference is New Mexico.
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This is really cool. How long 'till it starts some long debate on 'playing god'?
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There is always hope for us, after all.
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I agree, I really want to be wrong.
Peace? Freedom? Yes, I would say that peace and freedom would be worth it. But the war against Iraq has brought neither, and it will not. It has provoced a civil war in Iraq. It has produced a farce of an election that will not be fair or free by any stretch of the imagination.
So, what, exactly, was worth it, and why?
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Aparantly they are going to try to close the Iraqi border for the elections. I wonder if they will be any more sucessful than the US.
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Oh, the irony. On a related note, I like the graphic at the bottom of this article. Is it a voter map or a population density map? The only way to really tell the difference is New Mexico.
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This is really cool. How long 'till it starts some long debate on 'playing god'?
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There is always hope for us, after all.
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I agree, I really want to be wrong.
