Fundamentalism (General)

by Walter, Wednesday, November 05, 2008, 13:00 (5860 days ago) @ David Turell

I had intended to reply to David Turrell's post on Israel, but I see the discussion has moved onto Iraq. I'm surprised that David supports the war even now, after all the lies have been exposed, not only about WMD and links to terrorism , but also about the run-up to the whole tragedy. I agree with dwh on just about everything, so I wont repeat his arguments, but he has missed out the all-important factor of oil. Theres overwhelming evidence that oil was a major factor behind the invasion right from the start. Bush and Blair lied to us, and who will ever forget the sight of Colin Powell at the UN pointing to a blurred photograph and stating categorcally that it was a site of WMD? - One other point. You say the UN is toothless. One of the reasons why its toothless is that the major powere like the US are only prepared to go along with decisions they like. If the world's most powerful nation flouts the authority of the UN over Iraq, just as Israel ... backed by the US ... flouts UN resolutions over illegal settlements, there's no chance of ANY international organization having teeth. The same applies to all the major powers, of course, but that's no excuse for the US. If you believe in democracy, you can't pick and choose which bits you'll go along with.