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Originally posted by Iron_Ranger:
They havent said Saddam was a 'good' guy. But lets look at the facts.
They have vetoed every resoulution to remove him. They have billion dollar oil contracts with him. They are very vocal about there anti war stance. Witch is fine, but it all adds up. They obviously want him to stay in power.
Maybe I should have reworded my post as I can see why someone could take it as a genralization.
But I could in turn do the same to you. In Mojos "Why?" thread you said 'it doesnt make us any better then him'. Whos us? Your Slovenia living in sweeden right? Last I heard neither of those countrys supported the war.
Ok so its not an exact same thing, but its the same logic.
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As far as I know they don't want him to be removed with
war. Or maybe I'm wrong. I'll look up on that.
I say us, because I don't want to say US because then everyone attacks that person for saying it. You can't deny that. [img]tongue.gif[/img] And I say us, because it's mostly the Western world that want the war, and I like to imagine myself as one of it even though I don't support the decision. And because there is always a part of the world that thinks we're better than 'them' and sometimes it's the part of the world where I live. And I think, that whatever some country does and civilians die (when it maybe could've been prevented), and it's supported by the country I'm from, I think that my hands are as bloody as the politicians. I don't think of myself as innocent, since I could do something about it but I either can't or don't try hard enough.
And yes, Slovenia (the government, not the people) does support the war. We're one of those that signed something (one of the 'Vilnius 10') and were, because of that, thought of a bit badly by Chirac. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Though the person who signed it is getting in a bit of trouble now because of it, because lots of people don't support it. [img]tongue.gif[/img] But you're right, Sweden doesn't support it.
PS: I can start saying 'they' or 'you' if you want me to.