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Eagle wrote:

Oh, dear, and I really *do* know better than to get into these big,
woolly OT threads. But this clown is just too much.... Takes deep
breath....

jukita wrote in message
.. .

The Bush administration has outlined the following
criteria for a "dangerous state":

1. It has or plans to acquire, weapons of mass
destruction.

The US invented WMDs.

Hmm. Yes, but. Note that nukes follow a pattern of fear.
The US (with more than a little help from the Brits) built the first
nuclear weapon *for fear that the Nazis might have got one first.*.
The USSR built a nuclear weapon *for fear of the US WMD*
The Brits built a nuclear weapon *for fear of the USSR WMD, and not
trusting the US to risk its national existence defending the Brits*
etc etc etc right down the line. I don't mind admitting that had I been
Saddam, I'd have been building a nuke myself, and for good reason.


2. It ignores United Nations directives.

The US invented, funds, and houses the UN.

Not all on its own, alas. Some of us (re invention) on this side of the
Atlantic have to take our share of the blame. And no, you don't "fund"
the UN; generally speaking, you are very remiss on your subscription.

3. It unilaterally abrogates international treaties.

The are no international treaties unless the US decides there will be
international treaties.

I'd re-read that, and rephrase it, if I were you. As flatly stated
above, that really is the sort of thing that gets the US a bad name.


4. It invades weaker countries without just cause.

All countries on the planet, alone or collectively, are weaker than
the US.

So? Note that this will not necessarily always be the case. See my
comment above, re international treaties. You make your country
(fortunately, I have a better acquaintance with the US than an
encounter with a swaggering oaf on UseNet) sound like the homeland of
overweight, pernicious vermin in great need of removal from the face of
God's green Earth. You should be ashamed of yourself, and cease to
insult by your poisonous flatulence the far, far better people who
created your nation and made it great.



5. It has an unelected government, or one that acquires
power by dubious means such as rigged elections.

The US Supreme Court, duly constituted, and the final arbiter under
the US Constitution, made it's order. You don't like it? Get over
it.

When can we expect "Operation American Freedom"?

Don't need it. But Canada, France, and Germany are cruising for big
time regime changes and the resulting liberation.

Have you even the faintest idea how silly, ignorant, arrogant and
frightening that sort of total bull**** sounds to non-Americans? If
not, why not? You might like to consider the idea that many ot today's
supposed "anti-Americans" did not start off as "anti-Americans."

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