with the recent united states military success in iraq, which has set the ball rolling for the liberation of the iraqi people, it is not time to relax and sit on our asses.
there are more people to liberate.. the world faces many threats.
wmd could, if they fall into the wrong hands, kill millions.
>the holes of the world need to stop fighting and embrace democracy
Well, this is a good point. But from my reading of it is that without favourable economic conditions democracy hasn't got a hope. Good economic conditions and the development of democracy go hand in hand.
Second, not all nations that are destitute are engulfed by civil war. They are just poor. No markets...zip!
Third, who makes all the weapons that feed into these little holes that fight.
with the recent united states military success in iraq, which has set the ball rolling for the liberation of the iraqi people, it is not time to relax and sit on our asses.
there are more people to liberate.. the world faces many threats.
wmd could, if they fall into the wrong hands, kill millions.
With the recent United States military success in Iraq, which has set the ball rolling for the liberation of the Iraqi people, it is not time to relax and sit on our asses. There are more people to liberate.
The world faces many threats. WMD could, if they fall into the wrong hands, kill millions. The SARS virus, likewise, has the potential to kill millions. But lets not forget the fact that there are problems already out there that are killing millions right now. I'm talking about lack of clean drinking water and sanitation in certain countries. I'm talking about starvation. I'm talking about diseases that we already have the treatment for.
I'm not certain of the exact figures, but its been often quoted that a mere 10% reduction in US military expenditure could bring clean drinking and sanitation to millions, thereby liberating them of the tryanny of being dead.
The worlds biggest spender on military gear, by a god damn mile, should liberate more of the worlds oppressed people by reducing military expenditure, and then divert those monies into humanitarian programs so we can kick the ass of poverty.
However, there is no reason why the US should shoulder this burden alone. The US should put up a resolution in the general assembly of the UN calling all countries to the cause. If the UN fails to act, then another coalition of the willing should be formed to do the job.
Lets not be mean sons-of-bitches like Saddam Hussein. After-all, we all know how Saddam lived a way cool lifestyle while his people lived in poverty. We all know how he spent money on his military(though it didn't do him much good) before he'd even give a red cent to lift the humanitarian conditions of his own people.Hell, we all know how he built big beach front palaces for himself.
Saddam had the means to do a lot of good, but refused. The US, too, has the means to ease the suffering of many, and not just within its own borders either. The US should lead the world in a meager reduction of military arms to lift millions out of desperate poverty. After that maybe we can get j-lo and Ben affleck, and other caring celebrities, to donate a couple of their million dollar mansions to some poor bastard living a cardboard box in NY....maybe in raffle or something....yeah...and we could turn it into a reality TV show. It would be a ratings killer. It'd sure beat watching a bunch of yuppy f'kers starve themselves in the Amazon for 40 days, and then at the end of it proclaim they actually have a god damn clue.
since the media in u.s show nothing about the war in iraq, and bush's administration censor everything that is "bad' for the puplic, here are some shocking photos of how bush is setting free the iraqi people.
similar view of how watchtower's god will treat everyone who disagrees with them in armageddon.
bush does not care about the iraqi people.
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"are the people of iraq going to be better or worse off when they actually have a voice in how their country is run? "
Dont know!
Will they have a voice? Will democracy even get off the ground? Will the various ethnic and religious groups in Iraq get along? Will they be able to agree on a democratic model? Will they be allowed the type of democracy they want? Will they choose an Islamic democracy with an anti west government. Or will they choose a secular democracy with a pro west Government?
since the media in u.s show nothing about the war in iraq, and bush's administration censor everything that is "bad' for the puplic, here are some shocking photos of how bush is setting free the iraqi people.
similar view of how watchtower's god will treat everyone who disagrees with them in armageddon.
bush does not care about the iraqi people.
Heres the transcript of a story carried last week on the Australian public tv program 'four corners'. It deals media spin and the propaganda war. Four corners is probably the equivalent of front line in the US
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/transcripts/s814963.htm
and heres last nights program, that I missed, just for the hell of it. It deals with outcome of this war.
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/transcripts/s814963.htm
since the media in u.s show nothing about the war in iraq, and bush's administration censor everything that is "bad' for the puplic, here are some shocking photos of how bush is setting free the iraqi people.
similar view of how watchtower's god will treat everyone who disagrees with them in armageddon.
bush does not care about the iraqi people.
if cnn is anti-war, i'd hate to think what some segments of the australian media is. Pro-saddam apologists, i suppose. All I can say the comparison between US media here and segments of own media is rather large.
The best US media I find is Frontline, and the news hour with Jim lehrer...which has fallen into line as of late, and has been pretty wussy. I'd certainly rather watch BBC to cnn anyday. Cnn is high on highrockets and real-time events...not much debate though. Comparing US programs like meet the press, and the news hour with Australian programs like lateline, 7:30 report, Insight. Well...there is no comparison, the level of debate and tough questions asked is far superior here than what I've seen on mainstream media outlets. And NBC is just bullshit...
Down here in Australia we have a public tv service called sbs. You get all different media from around the world. I watched it on sunday morning for near 3 hours. On it i got Greek news, russian news, frrench news, spanish news. Couldn't understand what was being said too much, unless some english guy was talking, but it was so watchable because there so much more of the bloody horror of war than what im seeing on cnn, abc etc etc. One reporter was running around with iraqi troops in baghdad. Hospistals in bagdad in gorey detail. Certainly seemed a lot different to cnn from my angle anyhowz.
I guess it all comes down to perspective!
since the media in u.s show nothing about the war in iraq, and bush's administration censor everything that is "bad' for the puplic, here are some shocking photos of how bush is setting free the iraqi people.
similar view of how watchtower's god will treat everyone who disagrees with them in armageddon.
bush does not care about the iraqi people.
Can anyone name the only country to ever deploy true Weapons of Mass Detruction ... and on Civilian cities at that?
The same one that decided to drop it on a huge city killing 250,000 plus people. Never could understand why they didn't just drop it on some under-populated area. And then just before the japs could surrender they drop another one...but that only killed 40,000.
Also interesting to note how the US loves to critisize Iraq for killing kurds. Though at the time they did it they couldn't really careless. They also have funded the turks with mililtary hardware to do the same.
Can anyone name the country who, at the height of the indonesian massacre of the east timorese, sold massive amounts of military hardware to the indonesians in full knowledge of what the indonesians where doing in 75?
Saddam is a nasty SOB and it will be good to see the back of him, hats off to US troops. But the god damn self righteousness of the USA is rather hollow ultimately
since the media in u.s show nothing about the war in iraq, and bush's administration censor everything that is "bad' for the puplic, here are some shocking photos of how bush is setting free the iraqi people.
similar view of how watchtower's god will treat everyone who disagrees with them in armageddon.
bush does not care about the iraqi people.
I think the media coverage of this war has been very poor.
Though...down here in Australia the media has had far more balanced on the issues than US media --we do get CNN, jim lehrer and NBC etc down here btw. Also if you watch european TV, and even British TV you''ll see a degree of difference between them and the US media. The US media is less likely to report the grosse stuff, civilian deaths, dissent etc. Its called self censorship.
Down here we recently had a interesting report on the phenomenon of "embeds". These reporters show a lot of tanks rolling across desersts and rockets flying into the air. But are constrained by the military as far as their reporting is concerned. The basis point of documentary was that Military knows that the media is a powerful tool. It certainly needs to control what it reports. It has learnt great lessons from vietnam and has attempted to control what is reported. It knows the media can make or break a campaign, as it did in vietnam.
you know, living forever sounds really great.
but really, what would life be like without death?
death really helps to define who we are.
I think death gives life meaning. For me, life without death and pain seems absurd. Therefore the idea of eternal life seems ridiculous to me.
If I were to live forever, life would become devoid of challenge because I know I would be able to master whatever I wanted to, because I'd have all the time in the world to do it...So where's the challenge in that???? Without challenge, life would be boring. Without the lows in life, the highs in life would cease to have meaning. Without the fear of failure hanging over your head there would be no joy at success.
I think I would become the ultimate procrastinator in paradise. Instead saying things like "I'll do that tommorrow", I'd be saying things like "I'll do that next millenium", knowing I have an infinite amout of time to do whatever I might like to do, and It would be impossible for me to fail at it. This would make life BoRinG and pointless!
you know, living forever sounds really great.
but really, what would life be like without death?
death really helps to define who we are.
You know, living forever sounds really great. But really, what would life be like without death? Death really helps to define who we are. It provides an urgency to what we do. It makes us get up off our ass and do something, achieve something, because we know we might not be around tomorrow. But if there was no death wouldn't we become lazy, fat, bored, slobs?
I use to think if i got to paradise I would do all these wonderful things. But now, I think if i make it to the next world I will become a BUM...Yep, just Bum around for awhile and do nothing....atleast for the first 2 billion years, then I might get up off my ass and learn to paint or something.
i thought this was interesting...one does wonder to what extent the electronic part of the war is going on and how it might make for a kick ass movie... .
http://www.cnn.com/tech/computing/9901/13/cyberwar.idg/.
http://dvd.idg.net/english/crd_document_965733.html.
Al jazeera cant win. They get condemned by the US. They also get condemned by every arab government in the region.
I cant understand why the US hates them so much. Because they show pictures of dead people and the realities of war. Because they dont tow the US line and sanitise things a little. Pathetic
Al-jazeera got a lot heat once for daring to question the Koran. And the US has it in for them. Weird!
