No. Far from it. I believe everyone has the right to live in freedom, including Iraqis, and VERY much supported the 2003 war to free them. I've spent ...
Are you one of those who didn't give a shit about them? What set of morals do you follow that ignores the plight of the Iraqis? Are you in a religion ...
I actually live in fear that one day someone is going to trot out a convincing argument that ends "And that's why Iraqi women should continue to be ra...
No, for the time being we should actively convert countries so that they meet the requirements to join NATO. No, that's what the Iraqis tried in 1991 ...
Yes, that is why I fly the NATO flag, even though Australia is not yet part of NATO. One day I hope that the entire world is a member of NATO (because...
If you didn't hear the screams of Iraqi women as they were being raped by their own government, you must be deaf. I heard them and called up the US mi...
The Iranian people don't speak with one voice. We now know that 87% of Afghans and about 50% of Iraqis wanted the US to liberate them. The figure was ...
And it is in the long-term interest of the non-US countries that they not be enslaved by a rogue US. NATO needs to be able to reconfigure on a dime ag...
Yes, I agree that was a very unfortunate situation. Unfortunately the racist Russians didn't like their Slav brothers being bombed. I agreed with the ...
Good question. It is in America's long-term interest that the rest of the world (now all members of NATO, including China and Russia), be able to libe...
If only soldiers can have an opinion on military matters, you should talk to these two guys. (If you want peace, prepare for war). Unfortunately when ...
That is technically true, but obscures the fact that the war was won by Yeltsin being against communist dictatorships. What Vietnam *should* have taug...
There is a stalemate while we wait for the Afghan military to come up to speed. Their army was built from the ground up. It's not a problem unless you...
After the war was already won from the air. That's why they faced no opposition. You're still disputing what can be done from the air. That's why we n...
BTW, if Sistani had rejected the existence of the old Iraqi army as being an oppressive force, and used the opportunity to call for a Shiite jihad aga...
You might like to read my analysis of Afghan and Iraq wars where every single action the US did was exactly what I wanted myself. Whether that was for...
In future wars of liberation, the main thing we need to do is defeat the fielded forces so that revolutionaries can rise up (instead of expecting them...
Actually, it was France who stepped up as the diplomatic front of the Libyan liberation, with the US just quietly providing muscle. And that's how it ...
By the way. The above is exactly the same thing that Iranian revolutionaries face, and also what anyone attempting to stage a military coup faces. If ...
Thankyou. I'm actually a computer programmer, so I'm used to dealing with logic. I'm also used to getting a logical response. :-) Let's see. :-) The U...
My optimism is based on the fact that huge numbers of people living in dictators want to be free. That's the basis for a controlled uprising. Somethin...
Yes, exactly. A good start would be to stop dictators from teaching children that the West is evil. Ultimately we need every country to be a clone of ...
Again, if you think the UN creates a pact that protects Saddam's "right" to rape and mutilate, you should ignore that law for now, and do your best to...
We already live in an unjust world. We're not breaking a just system. We're in the fortunate position where the strongest country in the world is a li...
Again, this is why we need to do it. Even with the result of air-alone in Afghanistan and Libya, you're still disputing what is possible. During the 2...
Actually you can make the coalition even more trustworthy by putting the Philippines or South Korea or Estonia in charge of the liberation, with the U...
We really need to liberate Iran just to answer this question. We can't have such large gaps in our military knowledge because it prevents us from plan...
You can call it vigilante justice if you want. I call it a "posse". Internationally, there is no "modern civilization". There is a cesspit of dictator...
"Again wrong. They actually did do that." The Shah could have put down the revolution by mowing down much more than 100 people. It's physically imposs...
If you wish to call that "selective justice" or "no justice", that's up to you. I believe preventing the crime is the right thing to do. You would rat...
It's the way democracy SHOULD spread. These people shouldn't have to fight alone, to be mowed down by automatic weapons. The only thing that is standi...
But what if a 3rd party knows that the criminal is going to use the money for a crime? Should the 3rd party take action to prevent the corrupt cop fro...
The lack of indexes merely shows the bias of those behind creating the indexes. They simply don't want military intervention to be seen as a success w...
I looked it up, and that applies both ways. I can agree with that. When a 911 call comes in from a Sydney resident, Washington shouldn't just drop a n...
Yes, that is what I am trying to do now. Retrospectively explain that the 2003 Iraq war was a good thing, shouldn't be treated as a disaster, and shou...
It's more I *define* the end of institutionalized rape and mutilation to be a good thing. I don't know how you don't. This is a philosophical question...
Perhaps. But perhaps you are demonstrating that you can't accept fresh thinking on the subject. When you have data such as the very obviously just lib...
Not that I'm even conceding that Bush had bad intent. He said he believed that God wanted everyone to be free, and he's damn right there, if we postul...
No, that is the largest gap in your thinking. You think that a dictator like Saddam is a rightful authority and respect his "right" to oppress the Ira...
As far as I know, I have answered all your arguments. It is you who insists that "Just War Theory" as it currently stands is perfect and doesn't need ...
I'm not sure that is an accurate statement. I spend a hell of a lot of effort trying to understand why people don't come to the same conclusions as me...
This may be technically true, but I don't think it is right to make life miserable for those unlucky enough to have been born into dictatorships. If I...
Every time we knock over a country like Afghanistan, Iraq or Iran, we get an allied democracy. I can't think of a better way of isolating China than h...
Bringing freedom to millions of people is the best foreign aid you can give. The alternative goal of leaving millions in slavery, and adding insult to...
It is not evil to liberate people. Losing your own blood and treasure for the freedom of others is the highest ideal we can strive for. I have no idea...
I want to further note that when it comes to your OWN human rights, you demand them to be protected to the nth degree. But when it comes to an Iraqi's...
I have no idea why you think it is a silly comment. It's a very accurate analogy. If you want the cops called to protect YOUR human rights, you should...
The British people don't speak with one voice. There are plenty of decent British people who supported liberating Iraq. Now the challenge is to deal w...
Wow, what condescending tripe. The US has a very vibrant democracy, no different from yours. There were plenty of countries that joined the coalition,...
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