wingo, here's some thoughtful insights for you:
if you are a person with principles, and there is an
opportunity for one person to do some work for a military
organisation, do you let soneone who is NOT principled take
the job by NOT saying 'yes'?
you'd find it difficult to work for a country's military,
because if a country becomes corrupt then they could be
misused (just like america is doing to get the oil out of
iraq, which, over the next 20 years, will result in the
deaths of far more civilians than saddam's insane people
ever did) - but would you work for a world-wide peacekeeping
force (currently the UN - actually NATO)?
if the lives of people you loved were under threat, would
you still stand by and do nothing?
... y'know: i wonder if the people of iraq will start to
want bush and blair to stand trial as war criminals, as they
are the two key people whose decisions are ultimately
responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent iraqis,
and it will be hundreds of thousands within a couple of decades.
saddam's "brutal regime of oppression" was exactly that -
and it kept under control the insane murderous religious
factions and the insane murderous terrorist cells hell bent
on guerilla warfare and chaos.
saddam's paranoia meant that he killed off most of the
murderous opposition even if it was his own family. nobody
in their right mind would go NEAR his country.
and oh poor us fucking stupid dickheads with our poor
righteous 'Oh Dear Poor Iraqis living in their first world
country under the brutal saddam' are now, thanks to that
righteousness - and a bit of oil-sucking - living in
absolute third world squalor; in fear of their lives because
of religious-fervent civil war (three religious factions,
remember?); bereft of anyone with brains or money because
they're getting the hell out, fast; beaten up and tortured
for fun by 19-year-old american soldiers who treat them like
animals and send photos and videos back to their friends for
fun; bombed on average ONCE PER HOUR by state-sponsored
terrorism...
... i mean - it's a complete fucking nightmare.
and people in the west then look surprised when it turns out
that muslims hate us. ha ha! ahahaha! ahahahahhaaa!
