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Originally posted by TheQuirk:
I'm not going to mention me opinion here, but I'm going to point out that nothing is being filtered.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/war.tracker/index.html
Right there under the coalition casulaties.
Panos: Can you even understand what they say on that station (just wondering--my friend's dad is from Iraq and watches it--and yes, he does support the war in Iraq, as does his Iraqi famiy which still lives there).
Of course I can't (
), but I have an arab friend (from Lebanon) who certainly can.
The Greek television also shows extensive scenes from Al Jazeera, while an Arab translates what the reporters are saying. The television here also shows extensive reports from CNN, which I also watch pretty often. Unfortunately, the propaganda war is going on from both sides as is usually the case in a modern war.
The point here is not Saddam. Saddam has been in power since 1969. It's also an undeniable fact that every single chemical weapon or biological agent he possesed, or may still possess, have been sold to him by the Americans and other countries. Some other facts include the Kurds genoside in Northern Iraq in the 1980's by chemical weapons as well as the slaughter of many Iranians during that time as well. Strangely, Iraq was one of US's best alies back then along with the Mudjahedin in Afghanistan (you know the Talibans). :eek:
As you can see, these simple examples would be enough to show you that the US shift their foreign policy according to their interest, or better yet according to what suits the war industry in the US.
I can't also say that this is only a war about oil. It's a war about CONTROL! Do you realize that if the US set up another protectorate in Iraq, they will be able to control the whole Middle East? However, it is a war about oil as well since Iraq IS the richest country in oil reserves in the world and since the US oil reserves will finally end in about 25 years. As you can see there is no option there.
What's really sickening though about the US fictitious reasons on why they ought to war is that Hussein is a dictator in his country! If most of you Americans only knew about the situation in the Middle East, then the least you would do upon hearing such reasons would have been to burst out laughing! The reason? Simply that if you look at other Arab countries where their citizens do not even know the meaning of the word "elections" or where women have to go out with clothes covering their whole bodies, you would see that they are living in the Middle Ages!
I could go on and on and on but I won't, since this is not the appropriate forums for such talk or discussion. Keep in mind the following picture though: You are a father and your child suffers from leuchemia. The doctors are certain that your kid will die if he/she does not receive chemotherapy. you go on with chemo but after a few weeks of treatment the doctors tell you that they have run out of medication. So you just sit there and wait for your child to die. That my friends is the everyday situation in Iraq since '91, a country with one of the highest death rates among children around the world.
You see, civilians don't have a choice! They have to stand somewhere between the "humane" bombardments of Mr. Bush and the lunacy of a dictator (Saddam Husein) and just wait for their ending to come!
That's all. Sit down and think...
