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I want my country back
Which country has tried to force "regime changes" in Panama, Grenada, South Vietnam, Cuba, Guatemala, Chile, Rhodesia, South Africa, Iraq (in 1963), the Philippines, Serbia, Afghanistan (twice), Iran and possibly other countries? Hmmm, who could that be?

Which country has troops stationed in a hundred countries around the world? Do you think that people in foreign countries want American troops there? Yes...just about as much as the Poles enjoyed having Soviet troops in Poland. American troops are in those countries only because the governments of those countries were bribed with your US taxpayer money to allow American troops in. How would you feel if there were Chinese troops wandering around your city?

Conservatives used to be the ones that were railing against the threat of world government. But now we actually have a form of world government – a government run by George Bush and enforced by the American military – and most conservatives are all for it. Our government decides what rules Iraq must live by, and if Iraq breaks those rules it can be bombed or invaded.

Why is our government is getting ready to attack Iraq, but is ignoring North Korea – which admits to having nuclear weapons and the ability to fire them at Alaska? The difference between the two countries is simple: North Korea has the means to hurt us, Iraq doesn't. In the past 50 years, our government has attacked many countries – Panama, Grenada, the Sudan, Afghanistan (twice), Cuba, Vietnam, Iraq and others. But it has never attacked a country that had the capability to hurt America. Russia, China, Pakistan, India, North Korea, Israel – all have nuclear weapons. So we participate in "constructive engagement" with those countries. But since Iraq is no threat to us, our leaders think that we can bomb it and invade it with impunity.

After 9-11, we were told that only by bombing and devastating Afghanistan could we be sure to get Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida. And our president assured us that they would be brought to justice. Now it's a year later. Osama bin Laden hasn't been captured or killed. Al-Qaida is alive and well. So is anyone concerned?

Of course not. Our attention is directed to Iraq – even though there's no public evidence that Iraq has anything to do with al-Qaida – and a lot of evidence that they're enemies of each other. Suddenly, Osama bin Laden is no longer important.

posted by Hal 3:54 PM