tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post6864347880751181146..comments2024-01-28T08:54:32.914-06:00Comments on That's interesting...: The death of Osama bin LadenBill Garthrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-21088901379815636492011-05-07T22:34:24.934-05:002011-05-07T22:34:24.934-05:00Nonsense, Anonymous. Yes, there's hypocrisy ev...Nonsense, Anonymous. Yes, there's hypocrisy everywhere. Welcome to the human species! But it's also false to paint everyone with the same brush.<br /><br />Osama bin Laden was responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent men, women, and children, and his organization has continued to kill innocent people - not all of them Americans, by any means - ever since. He had to be stopped, one way or another.<br /><br />But you might have heard of Timothy McVeigh, who killed hundreds of innocent people in the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995? He was an American, but it wasn't considered just a "mistake." And he was indeed executed for the crime.<br /><br />Sometimes, Americans kill civilians in Afghanistan by mistake. That's war. It's always happened and it always will. It's certainly not something to shrug off, but it's still far different than deliberate murder. When Americans do that, it <i>is</i> addressed as a very serious crime.<br /><br />There are plenty of real matters you can criticize, since there's no shortage of shameful incidents. But claiming that both sides are the same just trivializes the worst crimes.<br /><br />Al-Qaeda <i>deliberately</i> targets innocent civilians. American military forces try to avoid killing innocent civilians, not always successfully. If you can't see the difference in that, there's no hope for you.<br /><br />Re. your George W. Bush comment, that's so idiotic, I won't even waste my time replying (and this is from a guy who thinks Bush should probably be in jail right now).Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-29109268623429246982011-05-07T15:35:19.511-05:002011-05-07T15:35:19.511-05:00G.W Bush should also bi killed by raid and he shou...G.W Bush should also bi killed by raid and he should be dumped into ocean.<br /><br />That's how to deliver justice to the people in general.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-27944957641144081562011-05-07T15:32:57.682-05:002011-05-07T15:32:57.682-05:00If a non-American attack US, he has to be killed.
...If a non-American attack US, he has to be killed.<br />If american attacked others, they were just mistakes and needs to be criticized.<br /><br />What a bloody hypocrisy everywhere!<br /><br />Muslim thinks that they have superior faith and americans are Kafir.<br /><br />Americans think that only Americans life value more than anyone else.<br /><br /><br />What a bloody hypocrisy everywhere!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-36886524322098258312011-05-04T07:27:09.073-05:002011-05-04T07:27:09.073-05:00Tony, you're absolutely right. Even if you bou...Tony, you're absolutely right. Even if you bought the official explanation of why we were attacking Iraq, that he had weapons of mass destruction, the UN was <i>still</i> investigating that.<br /><br />So why not let them continue? After all, we were already fighting <i>one</i> war. Why not finish that one first, and let the UN continue with what it was doing in Iraq? And our "no fly" zone was already established there anyway. So why the rush?<br /><br />Even at the time, it just seemed insane to me. And yes, so it's proved to be.<br /><br />But even crazier than that, the right-wing Republicans who made all these horrific mistakes seem to be back on top politically again. We Americans seem to be getting dumber by the day.<br /><br />Yeah, maybe we can't remember the Great Depression - maybe we slept through that in school. But we can't even remember the Bush administration? That's just <i>completely</i> nuts.Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-61950485923594076452011-05-04T02:43:38.167-05:002011-05-04T02:43:38.167-05:00I agree with you completely, Bill. I recall postin...I agree with you completely, Bill. I recall posting on a discussion forum, when Bush was planning the attack on Afghanistan, that the right response would be an intelligence-led special forces operation to kill OBL and clean up the terrorist training camps. No good ever came of invading Afghanistan, as the Russians discovered most recently.<br /><br />Then when Bush was planning to invade Iraq I had a much longer string of objections which I also posted (on a US forum which didn't have much sympathy for my views!):<br /><br />1. Saddam was no threat to US or UK interests, only to his immediate neighbours.<br /><br />2. Iraq was being monitored closely anyway, with US planes frequently overflying it.<br /><br />3. Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11 or other Islamist terrorist attacks - he was hated by the Islamists for his secular policies.<br /><br />4. Attacking Iraq was unjustified because the UN operation to search for WMDs had not completed its work - and hadn't discovered any so far.<br /><br />5. Attacking Iraq would lose a huge amount of the international sympathy and support that the USA had gained after 9/11.<br /><br />6. Attacking Iraq would take the USA's attention away from Afghanistan, whereas we should be trying to support and build up that country.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the last two points have proved to be all too true. What a mess!Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.com