Something to think about...

[Marquis de Carabas]

...whether you are for the war or against.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2081376/

edited to change tense

[Richard G]

HA HAAA HO HOOO HEEE [wiping tears from face]

They were so frigging wrong about everything they said, now they want to go back and change the debate. Ha Ha Ha! This is so rich.

- Thousands of innocent Iraqis will die in the war:
WRONG

- Urban fighting in Baghdad would yield thousands of Americans in body bags:
WRONG

- The war will only increase terroism:
WRONG

- There are no weapons of mass destruction:
WRONG

- The Iraqi people don't want us there
WRONG

- Its another Vietnam
WRONG

- We're in a quagmire
WRONG

- France is our friend:
WRONG

- The U.N. is relevant:
WRONG

- The war is only about oil:
WRONG

- America are Imperialist Satan Devil Dogs
WRONG

- Let him Annex Poland and he will be happy...doh, wrong dictator.

I could go on and on, but I tuned out most of the stupid crap I heard the antis screaming about. Now they want to pretend it was never said.

[Richard G]

BWAA HAA Ha SNORT HEE HEEEE! [slobber drool]
I just read it again. This guy is such a sore loser his ass is hurting. I can hear the inflection of a monotonous whine coming through as I read the article.

[NullPointerException]

Sometimes I feel sorry for the Iraqi's trying to fight back given the causuality statistics. It must be a big blow to the ego of the pro-saddam groups that we have so few casualities.

[Bjorn]

Just a few things that made me wonder:

- The war will only increase terroism:
WRONG

How do you know, at this moment, that it won't?

- There are no weapons of mass destruction:
WRONG

As far as I know, we're still just looking for them?

- The Iraqi people don't want us there
WRONG

This seems a bit strange, since you're writing on another thread that their ... hatred is so fierce, and their brainwashing so complete, that they would prefer to live in despotism, and kill themselves (marytrdom) than side with any nation that is a friend of Israel.

Hmm? :confused:

[Regnad Kcin]

Thanks for the link, Marquis de Carabas. As I've come to expect from Michael Kinsley, a thoughtful and reasoned essay.

[Marquis de Carabas]

I don't agree with everything the man said. But now that the war is entering its last days (apparently) it's time for both sides to drop the silly rhetoric and get down to the business of making sure these questions get answered. Right or wrong, it's done. Now we have to deal with the reprecussions.

Originally posted by Richard G

1 - Thousands of innocent Iraqis will die in the war:
WRONG

2- Urban fighting in Baghdad would yield thousands of Americans in body bags:
WRONG

3 - The war will only increase terroism:
WRONG

4 - There are no weapons of mass destruction:
WRONG

5- The Iraqi people don't want us there
WRONG

6- Its another Vietnam
WRONG

7 - We're in a quagmire
WRONG

8 - France is our friend:
WRONG

9 - The U.N. is relevant:
WRONG

10 - The war is only about oil:
WRONG

11 - America are Imperialist Satan Devil Dogs
WRONG



1.- WRONG....the will not die.....they are dead.
2.- CORRECT....not more thatn one hundred.
3.- WRONG....you can not know the future of this. It is more possible.
4.- WRONG....and the rockets that killed inoccents Iraqi people. ANd the nuclear bombs of USA and other countries.
5.-POSSIBLE: Specially the families of the inocent dead people.
6.- CORRECT...It is not another Vietnam. Now the neo nazis have more wheapons of mass destruction.
7.- POSIBLE.....what is quaqmire?
8.- WRONG.....your country don`t have friends....they only have puppets.
9.- WRONG...the UN is relevant for all the world, except for the neo nazis.
10.- WRONG....the big business is to rebuild with the oil of Iraq...guess who is going to rebuild??
11.- CORRECT.....only is imperialist.


I give you 5 stars.

[a_unique_person]

Originally posted by Marquis de Carabas
I don't agree with everything the man said. But now that the war is entering its last days (apparently) it's time for both sides to drop the silly rhetoric and get down to the business of making sure these questions get answered. Right or wrong, it's done. Now we have to deal with the reprecussions.

I would have liked Dubya get a story and stick to it, rather than the "and there's also this reason" effect he was producing. What were the actual reasons that convinced him to go to war, not the also rans.

I would also like that if you are going to fight a war, to have a firm idea of what you hope to achieve by it and what you intend to do after it. These matters are still being decided.