This is not about taking sides
I have just read an article in the Guardian discussing the need to look at dialogue as a means to go forward in the battle against terror.
It seems when George Bush said those famous words "you are either with us or you are with the terrorists", some people took this as the new 11th commandment .But as most political commentators will accept the world is never that simple.
There are millions of us in the world who not only feel disgust that someone would choose to blow themselves up, taking many lives with them, but we also hold at the same time the view that dropping cluster bombs on a town called Fallujah is also disgusting .
when a poll suggests that 85 percent in britain connect the London attack to Iraq, that doesnt mean that 85 percent support the terrorists or as is claimed "justify the terrorists"
To understand what motivates someone to become a terrorist is not to justify a terrorist
I agree without question with Tony Blair when he says that there is no justification for suicide bombings . you dont need to be Einstien .. he is right
I also agree without question that the war in Iraq and the deaths of 25000 innocent Iraqi's has no justification ....
I know , we have had WMD, we have had Saddam was a bad bad man , we have had "the war on terror" but none of these arguments stand firm to much scrutiny
the best argument given has to be that saddam was a bad man .. and i for one dont argue this point . but when you look at the numbers of dictators in the world and wonder why Saddam and Saddam alone was selected, you have to admit it does look a little shaky
Yes he was bad , he wasn't the worst
The article brings up an important point that often gets overlooked . Both sides in any argument usually 'only' have an incredible ability to remember facts that help their case
ask someone who supports the people of Palistine why they feel so angry and they will quite likely tell you the story of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, crouching behind his father, trying to avoid the Israeli bullets that killed him
ask an Israeli the same question and again they may tell you the story of two young Israeli men who crossed a boundary into Palestinian territory. They were killed, torn apart by an angry crowd.
But neither will have much of a memory for the facts of the other , both these stories are true , both these stories are well documented
So Mr Blair yes .. you are right , there is no justification for suicide bombing , there is no justification for ALMOST all killing
The 'terrorists have commited acts of evil even against their own people yes and against us
But just because the actions of the coalition in Fallujah were not broadcasted on main stream TV, dont think that we have not noticed that too.
To say they are evil is one thing you know we all agree on. Nobody from the left or the right will disagree with you there.
To imply that our hands are squeaky clean is yet another
anyway here is the Article
It seems when George Bush said those famous words "you are either with us or you are with the terrorists", some people took this as the new 11th commandment .But as most political commentators will accept the world is never that simple.
There are millions of us in the world who not only feel disgust that someone would choose to blow themselves up, taking many lives with them, but we also hold at the same time the view that dropping cluster bombs on a town called Fallujah is also disgusting .
when a poll suggests that 85 percent in britain connect the London attack to Iraq, that doesnt mean that 85 percent support the terrorists or as is claimed "justify the terrorists"
To understand what motivates someone to become a terrorist is not to justify a terrorist
I agree without question with Tony Blair when he says that there is no justification for suicide bombings . you dont need to be Einstien .. he is right
I also agree without question that the war in Iraq and the deaths of 25000 innocent Iraqi's has no justification ....
I know , we have had WMD, we have had Saddam was a bad bad man , we have had "the war on terror" but none of these arguments stand firm to much scrutiny
the best argument given has to be that saddam was a bad man .. and i for one dont argue this point . but when you look at the numbers of dictators in the world and wonder why Saddam and Saddam alone was selected, you have to admit it does look a little shaky
Yes he was bad , he wasn't the worst
The article brings up an important point that often gets overlooked . Both sides in any argument usually 'only' have an incredible ability to remember facts that help their case
ask someone who supports the people of Palistine why they feel so angry and they will quite likely tell you the story of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, crouching behind his father, trying to avoid the Israeli bullets that killed him
ask an Israeli the same question and again they may tell you the story of two young Israeli men who crossed a boundary into Palestinian territory. They were killed, torn apart by an angry crowd.
But neither will have much of a memory for the facts of the other , both these stories are true , both these stories are well documented
So Mr Blair yes .. you are right , there is no justification for suicide bombing , there is no justification for ALMOST all killing
The 'terrorists have commited acts of evil even against their own people yes and against us
But just because the actions of the coalition in Fallujah were not broadcasted on main stream TV, dont think that we have not noticed that too.
To say they are evil is one thing you know we all agree on. Nobody from the left or the right will disagree with you there.
To imply that our hands are squeaky clean is yet another
anyway here is the Article
posted by _H_ at 4:31 am
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'...Yes he was bad , he wasn't the worst'
Estimated number of death under Saddam Hussein during his 30-years reign : 300.000
Estimated number of death under 18 month of 'coalition of the willing' occupation : 100.000
No contest here
Estimated deaths as a result of western sanctions? Wasn't something like 5 million children?
Again it seems the point makes it self , whenever anyone tries to justify the war in iraq the facts end up looking a little shaky
we (as in the US and UK) killed more Iraqi citizens as a result of our 12 years of sanctions then saddam killed himself
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