Comments | dorian_rhea: A question of morals?

dorian_rhea

A question of morals?

Jan 19, 2006 19:24

In a new tape released by Bin-Laden, he calls for a truce between the two nations saying that in a recent poll "the majority of Americans wish the troops to be recalled and the war over, but Bush refuses". He states that he will cease attacks on the U.S. if we pull out our troops and stop being the worlds police. Is it bad that I actually agree ( Read more... )

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anonymous January 20 2006, 16:54:00 UTC

Really, we need to quit fucking around in the middle east and take out China before they are able to cripple the US economy with their cheap cars (and, keeping in mind that automobile factories can become tank factories very quickly).

Luckily for the Chinese, we're too busy trying to increase our oil supply to worry about rising hegemons in asia at the moment.

-bb

blondie007 January 20 2006, 17:22:56 UTC

Everyone knows that the war in Iraq isn't about terrorism, it's about oil. If everyone in the United States would quit being so stubborn about their damn SUVs, and the government would start to care about funding the technology that could cut down on the need for oil, we might be in a better place.

What I want to know is, why does everyone think that every country in the world wants a government that is just like ours? I am not saying that totalitarianism is an awesome idea...but who says that democracy is the only way to go?

As far as the video goes...I really don't believe him. He knows that the United States (especially under Bush) is NEVER going to back down. So it's easy to say that he'll stop attacking us if we do. Because he knows that he will never have to live up to his end of the deal.

blondie007 January 22 2006, 14:50:29 UTC

It's all based on two myths that we love in the U.S.

The first one is that we're a democracy--which we most definitely are not. There is no such thing as "representitive democracy"...there are democracies and there are republics. We're a republic; and what's bad is that we're an oligarchic/aristocratic republic.

The second myth is that democracies don't fight democracies. Pleople who believe that load of shit have clearly never read anything about Athens or Syracuse (the largest two real democracies in history); democracies are agressive and expansionistic...as is the rhetoric of "democracy."

Plus, we like to define things like "freedom" into very polar ways--we are "free" and if you aren't like us then you can't possibly be "free." Ah, false choice fallacy.