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Originally Posted by downquark1
I AM NOT APPOLOGISING FOR THE TERRIORISTS. As I have said they have a reason to hate the US, whether the reason is valid depends on the point of view. The point is the US media are protraying them as pure evil with no motive. And the US refuses to accept reasons why they might be disliked.
Jerrek is prime example: instead of saying 'these are unfortunate incidents, I for one regret them', he just pumps out excuse after excuse. Myself and Doctor Wadd have provided many reasons to dislike America, and instead of excepting them you just counter argument on and on. Whether our reasons can be proven wrong or correct is immaterial, the existance of all these reasons is reason to dislike the USA, where there's no smoke there is no fire.
Granted there will always be some reasons but the ones mentioned are far too many in my opinion.
The constant argument that prisoners would have been worse off in an iraqi prison is again immaturial, America preaches justice and freedom for all (isn't this a reason for liberating iraq) yet when they can take advantage of a loop hole to punish people they don't like they do it. Where is the justice in holding people with no repusentation or rights, some people there may have just been in the wrong place at the wrong time, but of course this might never be known. Also the issue that since they are not holding prisoners of war, they are holding foriegn citezens who have committed no crime in the US, the people's own country should be disiplinning them. I call it hipocracy.
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I'd improve on the spelling (sorry DQ
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As far as I'm concerned: The US is in breach of the Geneva Convention with their treatment of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners when it comes to legal matters. I.e: they are not charged, can be detained indefinitely, and if it comes to trial, they have no right to appeal.
If the US are going to lecture the world on human rights, they want to set that straight. And if Human rights really is an issue, why is there the soft approach to Burma, Laos, and a few others.
Note to Dubya: Burma has oil, rubies, and a lot of heroine goes through it. Rumour has it that the government profits from the heroine.