War With Iraq

[Dee]

[s]Plette wrote on 13:51, 9th Jun 2003:
[s]Unregisted User Elizaliz_the_Objectivist wrote on 19:24, 3rd Jun 2003:[i]
I'm an Objectivist libertarian


Another Ayn Rand disciple? Ack! In my humble opinion, she's right up there with Stalin as one of the worst people Russia ever produced.
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*Cough*

Stalin killed millions of people. Ayn Rand wrote some very long books that a lot of people don't like.

I'm not defending objectivism as a philosophy, but comparing Ayn Rand to Stalin is a trifle excessive don't you think?

[Plette]

[s]Dee wrote on 14:12, 9th Jun 2003:
comparing Ayn Rand to Stalin is a trifle excessive don't you think?


lol

It's just a colourful way of expressing my general dislike for her...it's not as though I was trying to make a point by point comparison, or that I was seriously suggesting that dear old Ayn's badly written tripe is equivalent to Joe's psychotic massacring of innocent people. I'm a fan of hyperbole, not a maniac.



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[Guest]

i have no idea what this thread is about..

[Wong]

But you decided to revive it anyway? Thanks very much.

[hr]No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves

[Manic23]

But now you've kept it alive that bit longer with your comment, as have I

[rob 'f*ck off' wine boy]

Holidays in Iraq - why aren't they cheap?! Why don't they EXIST?!

[Cain]

That's a bump and a half, but it's very very funny.

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[American Citizen]

Quoting The_Farwall from 03:13, 31st Aug 2002
[s]Phina wrote on 00:07, 31rd Aug 2002:
" "Basically, the leader of the US appears to be unstable and capable of actions that will have drastic consequences for the world."


[s]Not quite the same thing though is it?[/s]"

How is it not? So far in Bush's term of office he has had one major test to deal with, the September 11th terrorist attack. He's dealt with this by going to war, and devestating the lives of civilians in, the country US intelligence (the same US intelligence that had no inkling of the original WTC attacks before they happened) believed the terrorist organisation to be based in.

The US won a comprehensive victory. Over afganistan. Al Quaeda (or however it's spelled), on the other hand, is still active in several countries around the world and it's millionaire benefactor and figure head is still at large. Yay Dubya!

And now war in Afganistan has died down, what does he do? Begin plans to invade Iraq. Now, there are very few Western leaders that are happy or comfortable with Sadam Hussain's regime in Iraq. It has been widely recognised as a bad thing for a good few years hence to large number of sanctions and trade embargos that are crippling it economically. But at any time in the last ten years, has a past US President said 'Hey, lets bomb Iraq!'? No. Has any British Primeminister? No. Has any other Western leader? Or anyone in the UN? Or anyone else with the power to do so, but the good sense to not? NO!

Then along comes Dubya, get's through his first crisis, settles down to assess the aftermath and decides what? "Hey! Lets BOMB IRAQ!!!"

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