Post #29053 by TheMuggler on Wed, Apr 2, 2003 3:27 PM

emspace,

You assume that these people want democracy, and that is a dangerous assumption. As this discussion clearly illustrates, political beliefs are a lot like religion -- not everyone agrees on what is "right," but everyone thinks THEY are right.

Unfortunately, their hatred of US values is based in their religious as well as political beliefs, and war is only going to reinforce that hatred. If France came over here, started a war, deposed of Bush, and instituted their form of democracy because they decided it was better than what we were living under, would you, after the war, rejoice in your "better" democracy and love the French?

And that scenario doesn't even touch your religious beliefs.

Religion makes people do crazy, stupid things, from terrorist attacks to the murder of abortion doctors. Look at the Spanish Inquisition for proof that it's not just Islamist fundamentalists.

This war is not the end, but only the very beginning, and I hope everyone who is so fervently supporting the war is going to support the total rebuilding of Iraq and the likely higher taxes that are going to come as a result of it.

Although, now that I think about it, maybe after Saddam, we should throw down on the Pope and go after those bloodthirsty Roman Catholics... we may very well be preventing the next inquisition! If not that, we should at least go after all the Southern Baptists lunatics here in the US before they kill another doctor or bomb another clinic. :wink:

-Mike

Eye-popping fun!

[ Edited by: TheMuggler on 2003-04-02 15:28 ]