Martin Hotze wrote in
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On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:43:50 GMT, Jay Honeck wrote:
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hm, this gave you what rights? You are not world police.
And: Have I ever said that the regime was any good?

You're right, we are not world police. We have the power to do what we
believe to be in our best interest, and will use things like WMD and Nazi-
style mass murders and war crimes to justify our actions to the
"Politically Correct" ignorant masses who like to think that the world is
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood (a childrens television show about a neighborhood
where everybody is nice to each other and gets along all the time).

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So, what have we got left? We've STILL got a despot (Saddam) who had

Yes, like many others.

Do you know that there are many people in the world who dislike the way
how others live? One group are the muslim extremists who don't like the
way how we live in the western world. Hm, and there are many in our
neck of the woods who don't like how some in the 'eastern' part of the
world are living (ever read about terms like "camelf*ckers", "people
who live in caves and live on [our] petro-dollars", ...?). You can't
split this single globe in two parts and keep the better part. You have
to live in peace with everyone on the same globe. This is true for
everything: polution, economy, world-climate, ...

Exactly the point. How come in your eyes it is OK for the Extremist Muslim
Monarchies to declare war on the "Western Infidels" but for us to retaliate
and demonstrate the consequences to them is wrong? Is it just because we
are stronger? Is it "unfair".

Life is unfair. If they want to declare themselves as our enemies but not
be squashed by our powers, they have two choices - either become more
powerful and squash us first, or change their policies and become our
allies. Otherwise, we will do what we feel necessary to pre-emptively
protect ourselves from the people who insist that we are their enemies.
Sure, it's popular consensus these days to root for the underdog, and talk
about being fair and all that jazz. But reality is harsh... If you don't
like it, go ahead and wait until they amass enough power to destroy you,
which is clearly their intent anyway. Maybe this time we'll leave you to
suffer the consequences of your own ignorance...