Originally posted by: coolVariable
Originally posted by: jonnyfin
i've been doing some thinking lately and it may be a good idea to have a "million man march" on d.c. and take our country back from these whackos we have in office... let me elaborate:
This is going to be fun.
first, there is the interent mistrust of our own gov't: operation northwoods This was actually covered in a previous thread.
"But they apparently were rejected by the civilian leadership and have gone undisclosed for nearly 40 years." You want to march on Washington to displace the government that rejected those plans. Strike one.
Then lets take for example, the ayatollah kohmeni seizes power in iran, ousting the shah (good friend of u.s. gov't) - Iraq shortly after invades Iran, with financial and military support from u.s. of course)
So?, is there a point there besides the fact that fundementalist Islamics are seen as a danger?
soviets invade afghanistan, the u.s. gov't funds the afghani people (taliban to be specific) with military and finance to fend off the red scourge.
I think it has been pointed out before. The Taliban as an organzation did not exist until 1995.
Why are these arabs suddenly the u.s.'s worst enemy? Could it have anything to do with Israel?
I don't know, it might have something to do with the first time the WTC was bombed. It might have something to do with the two US embassies being bombed. It very likely has something to do with the USS Cole being bombed. It probably has something to do with the Talibans refusal to extradite OBL to face trial for those crimes. Do I need to continue?
Before I go any further I want to state that I am not an anti-semite, or anti-anything. i'm just a guy who wants to know what the hell is going on, how we got here, and how we can fix it!
I always take it as a danger sign when someone starts out by saying they aren't something.
Why does the u.s. provide $3 billion+ a year to Israel? we have homeless children in our own country, we have hard working people who cannot afford health insurance!
For this type of money just "given" away we could have a nationalized basic health care system. I don't remember voting to provide this kind of aide! where the hell does this stuff come from?
It comes from years of supporting an ally of the US. An ally who has been attacked and would have been destroyed without our support. It is time to start cutting back on that aid but as long as people like Saddam pays Palestinian families for their sons to suicide bomb civilians we will have to continue to support Israel.
Here is an excerpt from the sustain campaign
The total U.S. foreign aid to the whole world (6 Billion people) is about $18 BILLION, so, the one thousandth (1/1000) of the world population living in Israel gets one third of US aid. Also, Israel's GNP is around $24 Billion, i.e. a quarter of Israel's income comes from the U.S. The Aid to Israel is in the form of loans.
I gotta be honest, if this stuff really happens I can understand why the arabs are bent at the u.s. Our gov't is funding expansion of the Israeli state at the cost of our tax dollars, and the lives and land of palestinians.
Now... retorts
If the Arab states were not using the Palestinians as pawns and distractions from their own failed leadership the situation could have been settled long ago.
Why retorts? I think you summed it up pretty well!
Two thumbs up!
Thumbs up for misinformation and that crap. You have low standards.