In Reply to: but no one had to die for in Iraq. posted by Duilawyer on December 30, 2006 at 08:01:06:
... the right to speak out apart from the right to speak against communism?
Vietnam? The puppet government of Vietnam was so good on freedom of speech Buddhist monks burnt themselves to death to protest the banning of religious freedoms.
Chile? Where tens of thousands were put in a soccer stadium and watched Victor Jara have his hands broken for playing his songs and then when the crowd started singing, watched him shot by automatic rifles.
US policy has been to buy, finance and aid any kind of nut job anywhere in the world as long as they were anti communist.
Taliban opposing USSR? You got whatever you need!
Military maniac wanting to run a Latin american country? Have these armaments and money.
On and on and on.
One attack on the USA and suddenly we need a war on terrorism... the USA IS the rogue state bar none.
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Follow Ups
- when did the USA actually support... - dave c 12:17:41 12/30/06 (2)
- Poland, where we supported the people'rs right to organize into unions - Duilawyer 12:38:38 12/30/06 (1)
- good point - dave c 16:48:35 12/30/06 (0)