everything between the doten lines is actually not my opinion, it's my dads opinion... I just though I'd share it...
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The problem with Iraq, is that it's not irans neighbour so much as a little while ago, (before some of you were born) there was this thing called the Gulf war, it centered around the fact that Iraq invaded Iran, so the UN + NATO went to help out Iran...
(quite how Nato countries that have mostly all built empires around invading other countries get off onj divctating the borders in other continents below the north atlantic line I don't know... but that's probably another discussion).
Anyway... so there was thins thing called the Gulf war, there were terrible things that happened, a lot of people that were solidierswere exposed to chemical weapons, and eventually a peace traty was signed,
Saddam stayed in power and everyone went home...
G Bush (Snr) had won effectivly... but somewhat like the vietnam war there was a certain amount of loss involved as well. and no real political change at all...
anyway... some decade or so later G Bush (Jnr) come along and without any real reason goes to war with Iraq...
finishing his daddys business...
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Now for my points of view...
Nik... if you've lost anyone to war then I reall am sorry for your loss, but you have to realise that when people join the army they are paid to fight, they are not paid to think politics, that what politicians are for... soldiers are for fighting, for whatever the people in charge see fit... (be that Oil, Votes, Honour, Magic beans whatever)
if they don't like that then perhaps they should not have joined... or maybe they should even consider
deserting?
since you're growning up in an army family, perhaps you should consider that seriously before following in your fathers, (possibly fathers, fathers) footsteps.
regardless of the cause or reason for the war... the soldiers are out there because they were told to go... not cause they though it'd be a nice sandy beach holiday in the sunshine...
so far as the contractors go... do any of you even have any idea about the amount of money these people are earning as private services contractors?
everyone who is currently in Iraq, (besides the people who were born there), has made a consious decision that led them there.
be it a finincail decision made by contractors. or the decision to join the army... (and I am sorry, but when you join the army you don't get to pick and choose what battles you fight!).
I think it's great how people in western countries, (both britain and america) tend to try to offest the cost of civillian lives in forign countries against the economic spend taken to defend people who can't otherwise defend themselves...
it's like your sitting there say ing who gives a f*** if some arab dies so long as I don't have to pay for them to stay alive or have the same rights and oppertunities that I feel I'm entitled too.
child rapists in prison probably get a more comfortable secure life than the average Iraq civillian...
Still what with americans being the most capitalist people in the world, that whole share the wealth philosophy is lost...
re: fuel cell cars.... it is a bit pie in the sky... but it's better to think like that now than in the future when it's too late!