From Giles, on Sun, 11 May 2003 18:35:28 GMT (in response to: hey giles)
You only thing I know everthing.
I can find plenty of things to do other than put down the us but it is so easy, america sits up and begs for it.
Yes I can take criticism, but the UN is not to start wars but to solve problems. The points I have tried to make and, your words bear this out, is that the us wants to control the oil in Iraq. There are many other causes which america could put its influence towards but it has chosen not to try the route of diplomacy and the UN weapons inspectors but to go to war.
Don’t get me wrong I am not saying the regime in Iraq is an evil one but so are many others and yet your president (and my puppy prime minister) have chosen to ignore them. Why?
Others and I posted on this board long before the invasion, that it would happen but Americans refused to accept it. The majority of the UN who went with america were the smaller countries who rely on american aid for fear of losing it. This is how your undemocratically voted leader is pushing for american expansionism.
You say the UN is full of people who are too scared to stand up for what is right, the surely the drug companies should allow their good products to be produced cheaper for the poorer countries to enjoy the freedom of not having their children die needlessly from malaria.
You talk about what is right, all the looted priceless antiques stolen from the Baghdad and other museums, where did they end up in america, no doubt collectors from other countries have stolen them too, but this is precisely the type of cock up a bit of forethought could have prevented. Your idiot rumsfeld saying the looting is not a real problem, well that is understandable after all the riots and lootings on a large scale you have, ie. LA.
Yes we all have riots and looting but we don’t try and cover our mistakes as flippantly as he did.
A little forethought and with the backing of the UN or trying to get a few Muslim nations on board my have prevent a lot of trouble. But no, wanker bush didn’t like the thought of other nations making money out of the regime (that is only right when america is selling arms to both Iran and Iraq while the rest of the world has an arms embargo), so he invaded against the UN and the majority of the world.
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