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Thread #64280 Message #1050783
Posted By: Little Hawk
09-Nov-03 - 06:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'a totally needless war'
Subject: RE: BS: 'a totally needless war'
Okay, if people are "drug" in Texas it's all right with me, Strick. :-) We've got slang here too, eh?
Of the governmenst which did willingly assist in the recent war against Iraq only ONE of them had majority support from its populace...the USA. The majority of people were opposed in the others. Spain is a spectacular example of that, where a huge majority opposed assisting in that war, but the government went ahead anyway. That's not democracy, that's a payoff is what it is... The same thing almost happened in Turkey, but the populace was so heavily opposed to joining the war that the Turkish government didn't dare to, despite being under tremendous pressure from the USA to do so. They were between what you call a rock and a hard place.
Therefore, I submit that the situation in Canada was similar to that in the rest of the world, and our government had the guts to say "no" to active participation in an illegal war of aggression which was supported by neither the UN or Canada.
Yes, I am well aware that the Soviet Union was for some time an even more dangerous "ravening tiger" for its nearer neighbours than the USA. China was another, from Vietnam's and India's point of view. Israel is another, from certain people's point of view...but it all depends what side of the fence one is born on, doesn't it?
If you had been born Palestinian or Chinese or whatever, you'd probably see it differently.
As would I. In any case, I still think virtually all wars are needless, but once they start they keep rolling on their own momentum and there's not much people can do until the shooting stops.
- LH