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Originally posted by CamB
But you guys are so heavy handed, to the point of being unpleasant, about it. Mark (expathk) put it so much better than me.
(edit) Yes, I would rather have unpleasant help than no help at all. But pleasant help is still better and achievable, IMO.
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when i was a very young child my parents used to make me eat brussel sprouts.......i didn't like it but they did it for my well being, i'm sure similar goes on for every family on this earth.
is this what the US gov is doing? maybe so, other than my votes i can't control them, and neither can the other 284,XXX,XXX people in the US, it's refered as patriotism when we stand our ground behind our government, not "we're better than you or them or them", alot of this country was split with our opinions on this, i personally didn't want to see my family/freinds go into battle but when they did i'm behind them 110%.
as i said before i don't agree with all of our politicians, but it's my personal duty as an american to stand behind them.
expathk had some valid points, but i wasn't as clear as i should've been as calling this "chess board" ours. it belongs to the free world.
as far as the US being heavy handed.......yes they can be and have been, but every democratic option was exahsted before the decision was made to take action, and not just with iraq.
as i said our votes are the one way to "control" our government, will bush get re-elected? who knows, the outcome of this will have a hand in it i'm sure, either way there will be one less citizen murdering regime on the planet which will benifit every single democratic country.
and a serious question.......how has the US being heavy handed affected YOUR personal life......it's affected mine by having friends/family fighting for this worlds freedom, many times while being spat on by protestors and unappreciated by many (americans included)
i'm sure the british ask themselves the same question and have very similar answers, along with many other nations.
my main point with all of this is that the UN failed to deliver on the duty it was appointed (by more countries than just the US), to disarm iraq. that is what many seem to overlook and the US and it's allies have to pay for it, verbally and with lives.