07/17/2006 02:02:50 PM EST

"Is the world a safer place without Saddam Hussein?"

posted by MedfordTim

No. We aren't. Not even close.

And that's just the way our Right Wing extremists would have it.



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"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."— George Bush, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003"

Lebanon: Government: Republic. defined as 'a representative democracy in which the people's elected deputies (representatives), not the people themselves, vote on legislation.' - CIA World Factbook   

In other words, a Free Nation.

Israel: Government: Parliamentary Democracy. defined as 'a political system in which the legislature (parliament) selects the government - a prime minister, premier, or chancellor along with the cabinet ministers - according to party strength as expressed in elections; by this system, the government acquires a dual responsibility: to the people as well as to the parliament.' - CIA World Factbook   
 
In other words, a Free Nation.


Wanna rethink that strategy, there, Neo-Cons?

Has anyone else noticed that all the policies PNAC exhorted and have put into practice through the Bush administration have failed, completely and miserably? They have been utterly wrong every step of the way, every "turn of the corner."

"And if anybody believes that Israel spontaneously improvis ed an invasion and bombing of the country that we are witnessing today is somebody who absolutely doesn't know anything about the nature of Policy making inside Israel."  - Professor As'ad AbuKhalil interview (with Chris Hedges) on Democracy Now!   

Watch online or download the audio. It'll give you a wake up jolt.


While you're at it, Robin Wright of the Washington Post gives a very good look Inside the Mind of Hezbollah
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Aparently new posts don't get on the main page until someone comments so here you go tim.  Havn't read the links yet.

by alphasigmookie on 07/17/2006 03:51:15 PM EST

appreciate it. (none / 0)
I thought it too tacky to comment on my own post...and what if it took MORE than one?

That Dave! He keeps us hoppin'!

by MedfordTim on 07/17/2006 04:59:29 PM EST

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Still beating the dead horse... (none / 0)
"You'll forgive me, but I never grow tired of this comparison!"

As I'm sure you'll forgive me for pointing out that the situations have nothing in common and your comparison, therefore, is irrelevant.

Afghanistan is a "free" nation? Guess you didn't hear that they're probably going to reinstate the Vice and Virtue Department ?

""Afghan women and girls face increasing insecurity, and it's more important for the government to address how to improve their access to public life rather than limit it further," said Zama Coursen-Neff, senior researcher for Human Rights Watch. "Reinstatement of this controversial department risks moving the discussion away from the vital security and human rights problems now engulfing the country."

In a recently released report, "Lesson in Terror: Attacks on Education in Afghanistan," Human Rights Watch identified the lack of access to education, especially for girls, as jeopardizing the country's future development and security. Human Rights Watch pointed out that the proposed vice and virtue department does not address the real problems of increasing insecurity in the south and southeast, particularly attacks on schools, teachers and students that are preventing children from attending school.

"The proposed vice and virtue department's vague standards for upholding morality could be used to silence critical voices, and further limit women's and girls' access to work, health care and education," Coursen-Neff said."

How do you think their Soccer team will do wearing Burkhas?

by MedfordTim on 07/17/2006 10:22:58 PM EST

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