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Originally posted by stevebutabi by terror regime, i did not mean al-qaeda. i meant saddam's regime, which used terror as means of political legitimacy. the attrocities that they put on the people of iraq were countless. ask yourself, were they the legitimate government because the people were too scared shitless to say otherwise? they were not legitimate, and they needed to go down. the US made it happen.

/sigh...

ok, terror regime that affects the iraqi people, granted. but does this mean that the US should go into every country whose government uses terror tactics to keep their citizens in check? take the chinese for example. their citizens have had many of their basic rights straitjacketed by the communist government for almost 60 years now. does that entitle the US government to invade? no. the chinese government has violated basic human rights stuff, and have scared some of their citizens shitless. granted, some have outlets to voice their opinions and concerns but on the whole u do hear stories about chinese dissidents, etc etc..... i guess it's a similar parallel to iraq but not quite so.

this'll sound cruel, but if saddam's gov't wasn't affecting me directly, i wouldn't have given two shits about him in iraq. al-qaeda was the more pressing matter at this time last year but the government was distracted by the "threat" that was iraq. cuz that's what the war really was (supposed to be) about. i'm sure the POTUS came up with the whole liberation of the iraqi people well after. just my thoughts.

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Originally posted by stevebutabi however, that does not make them 'dumb'

Your right, it makes them ignorant.

But as they say "Ignorance is bliss".

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Originally posted by Coup Vlad wins. Flawless victory.

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Originally posted by PVD_S11DJ I meant president of the USA, given that Germany doesn't have presidents...

Gerhard Schröder is the prime minister of Germany,
and he basicly runs the country.
German president is Horst Köhler however due to German politics system he doesn't have such powers as for example the US president.
Same case in UK, Spain, Austria, etc., many countries.

I heard a radio interview a while back with Chucklenuts' prof from Harvard Business School.

He said that shrubula threw spitballs at his classmates, and he was 27 at the time.

He also hated poor people, and thought they were too lazy.

He gave him "gentlemen's C's" to be kind.

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Originally posted by Bloodflower so u mean u dont have ur own opinion then...

I think she is saying that she needs time to make up her mind whether that poster reflects her political views?

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Originally posted by DaveSZ He gave him "gentlemen's C's" to be kind.

well, even a C student can be the President of the United States!!

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Originally posted by PVD_S11DJ I meant president of the USA, given that Germany doesn't have presidents...

You mean no president other than the one that was just elected a couple of weeks ago

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Originally posted by DR86 well, even a C student can be the President of the United States!!

there is no law saying that only smart people can lead a country.

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there is no law saying that only smart people can lead a country

just like there is no law saying only smart people/men can vote...

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