From: Damien Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Sun Mar 30 2003 - 22:06:29 MST
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 11:05:19PM -0500, Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
> Nations act out of perceived self-interest, is this a surprise? Also, no
> nation that you mentioned experienced a 9-11. So I am guessing the majorities
> think that the US should worry about it, not them.
They're opposed to us attacking another nation, not opposing their own nations
being involved. Well, that too, but the main concern is about the attack.
And these are people who were sympathetic with us after 9/11, and were okay
with the attack on the Taliban and al Qaeda. Because there was a connection
between 9/11 and al Qaeda, the way there isn't with Iraq.
> My response is that yes, a lot of these other countries are interested in
> lining their pockets. That like the French, they have a psychological need
Mass protests across the world based on lining their pockets?
> for another "super power" to "counter-balance the US. That anti-Americanism
> has become the latest fashion in hatred, long before 9-11 happend of Bush jr.
Remember Le Monde's headline "We are all Americans" after 9/11? Some hatred
there. Maybe, instead of hatred, they fear a giant developing a victim
mentality and turning into a blundering bully.
> got put in office. That your accusation of forged and plaguerized docs seems
> incorrect.
Blair's dossier on Iraq was widely reported as plagiarized; claims of Iraq
buying uranium from Niger are from forged documents. Not saying we did
the forging ourselves, but we used them, despite CIA skepticism.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2080583/
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030308.wxnuke0308/BNStory/International
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=244457102
-xx- Damien X-)
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