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| sai |
Posted
on 02-Apr-03 07:27 AM
Do you oppose the war?
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| kajal |
Posted
on 02-Apr-03 08:07 AM
RESPONSE OF THE DAY
Where have you been?
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| Biruwa |
Posted
on 02-Apr-03 08:22 AM
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
US troops have been firing at civilians on numerous occasions at checkpoints and other places. The US government and the media completely supports those incidents and says that the troops have every right to shoot to kill anybody specially after the recent suicide bombing. However I beg to differ in the name of humanity and simple law of common sense.
Is every american morally superior to all the rest of the inhabitants of this planet earth? As is usual there will be some people who are evil in every society. Besides the soldiers are trained to kill,kill,kill. So much so that one reservist has said that he found it disgusting how the US military tries to instill the killer instinct in its soldiers. So, it is more likely that some US troops are more than happy to be able to finally pull the trigger.
But the US gov. and the US media doesn't see the life of a foreigner of any significance and even suggests that may be they are dying to make the US look bad... die to make US look bad?
Also USA citizens have been led to believe that their life and the life of a US citizen is somehow worth far more than a foreigner's life, even an innocent citizen at that.
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| kajal |
Posted
on 02-Apr-03 09:02 AM
Biruwa ji,
As DWI pointed out in another thread,
"Sometimes you have to die for the country, sometimes you have to be-head an innocent fighter"
Yes, I do find it tragic to see innocent civilians, mothers and children, men and women dying, but they are dying on both sides of the fence. This is war and it is a fight and the soldiers have to be trained to be on the offensive and defensive.
The checkpoint incidents are very very tragic in the sense that innocent Iraqi civilians are being forced to drive through and made into human shields by Sadam's regime. I feel Sadam is the killer of his own people once again.
you say,
"But the US gov. and the US media doesn't see the life of a foreigner of any significance and even suggests that may be they are dying to make the US look bad... die to make US look bad?"
Those innocent women and children weren't suicide bombers the driver kept driving, what was the intention? To be shot at by American forces, to make it look like they are trigger happy to kill innocent lives, what else so the blame can be put on them, yes you are right.
Its all propaganda.
After the suicide car bombing incident at the checkpoint where the American soldiers were blasted off what do you think they are to do, they give a warning, a second warning and then they have to proceed in defense.
I don't understand why everything U.S. does in this war is scrutinized and criticized yet all the Iraqi, POW torture, brutality, suicide bombing is justified. Yes, the innocent civilian lives lost in precision bombing, the friendly fire incidents where American and British forces died all that is something to criticize but then I'd still say this is war. Name me one war, where no innocent people on both sides died, its called war and it comes with so much horror but in the end I still believe the Sadam's brutal regime is cause enough for me to continue with this war.
Yes, we all have our own opinions and yes, you are all entitled to differ.
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| sai |
Posted
on 02-Apr-03 09:32 AM
Thanks to those who presented their views. However, it is interesting to see how few people actually voiced there concern. My personal take on this issue is this: I cannot oppose the war, but that does not mean I support the Bush doctrine either. Unless there is a better alternative provided by the opposers, given that the war has already begun and pulling back is no alternative at all, I do not oppose it.
On another note, whenever war happens people die and that is not a news. But we should be able to see how few people (civilinas I mean) have been killed in this intensive bombing. If these bombs were in Saddam's controll, can you imagine what the situation would have been?
sai
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| Avi |
Posted
on 02-Apr-03 02:24 PM
Sai baba, I mean Sai jee.
However, it is interesting to see how few people actually voiced there concern.
As Kajal said, Where were You?
There were a lot of threads started by old Sajhabasis in this topic. Go to the 'more' section, a lot of debates there. But to the question, yes I oppose the war.
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