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Originally Posted by timewarrior2001
You state correctly that the Saddam regime has ended in Iraq. And its also true that the taliban no longer rule Afghanistan.
But then factor this into it:-
Saddam and his cronies are where? they are currently doing what? Is he in Iran with access to a dirtybomb or biological weapons?
Bin Laden is where? seems that Al Quaeda are still able to carry out bombings and terrorist strikes anywhere they please.
From this I deduce that Bush hasnt in fact completed his mission in these two countries, he has actually made the situation slightly worse. Unknown whereabouts of two people capable and willing to carry out attrocities is worrying. It was safer when we knew where they actually were.
So please dont glorify Bush for a job that has been incompetantly done.
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All the points you make are perfectly valid, except for the bit where you say I 'glorify Bush'. This is not true. The only words in the post you quoted which are in any way pro-American are 'an evil situation existed in Iraq which has now been dealt with'. It's an observation you are free to disagree with, but I don't see how you could suggest this fairly mild statement of opinion is 'glorifying' Gee Dubya in any way.
Of course, you, along with both Graham and DQ, chose not to draw attention to the part of my post in which I said:
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Originally Posted by towny
Some of the unsavoury things the USA has done, which have been posted in this thread, do indeed lend weight to the argument that it is not mere fashion to be anti-American just now.
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It's beginning to appear that even an attempt to be balanced is not good enough in this thread.
