Comments on: Costs of War

By: Irak

Irak — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:06:15 +0000

And Did you also know how much the US earns because of the war. The US are not losing money they are making a profit from war so no need to worry.

By: El Gordo

El Gordo — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:05:17 +0000

“El Gordo
It is you who brought up conspiracy, and you who are now discussing same.”

-Two different things.
One was a succesful conspiracy to murder a US president.
The other is a perceived conspiracy of one nations “geopolitical aspirations”.
Basically, one is real, the other is a fiction of socialist imagination.

Im happy to debate this at another forum. I come here to view cool graphics.

By: wiremu

wiremu — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:41:32 +0000

golly…

By: wiremu

wiremu — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:25:54 +0000

or six.

By: marc

marc — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:19:21 +0000

thanks very much for the cool-headed reply. i wasn’t looking to poke the beehive, but i felt it necessary to point out that we (americans in general) are not all mindless when it comes to reading the news. the story of the current war is so much more comprehensive than most would care to know or believe, for that matter) and the media — ALWAYS looking to poke the beehive — cannot resist ratings at the cost of logical, responsible reporting.

you mention the “depressing accounts of soldiers.” while there are many stories of soldiers’ struggle to re-integrate into society, this is not the case with all of them and this sort of thing is not limited to the current war in iraq. this problem is as old as war itself. the additional problem again falls at the doorstep of the media. how often do you see positive stories about soldiers returning home or the progress being made in iraq? not nearly as many as those with a negative connotation since happy news (in the eyes of the media) apparently is not news and therefore it seems that all the news coming from iraq is bad.

don’t get me wrong, i’m not saying the situation in iraq is all rainbows and unicorn farts. it’s a terrible, ugly, costly (and not just monetarily) business filled with unimaginable horrors, however, please keep an open mind to the possible future benefits to the people, the region and the world as well.
no war is ever “worth it,” but neither is standing idly by and imposing toothless sanctions on a state whose leader commits genocide, terrorizes his own nation’s populace as well as those of surrounding states, and abets terror organizations. this could be said about many leaders throughout the world, but saddam was the dictator du jour and his deposal will hopefully serve as an example of how the US is not a “paper tiger.”

you seem like an intelligent, well-read individual and i very much appreciate your candor. take care!

By: Marc B.

Marc B. — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:09:04 +0000

By the way today’s headline

“Israel Prodding U.S. To Attack Iran”

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/24/eveningnews/main4206201.shtml

By: scott

scott — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:33:08 +0000

does anyone fancy a pint?

By: wiremu

wiremu — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:35:55 +0000

Well said.

By: wiremu

wiremu — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:33:59 +0000

El Gordo
It is you who brought up conspiracy, and you who are now discussing same.

By: El Gordo

El Gordo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:31:51 +0000

“israel is very much like in the u.s. with very low popular approval of the warmongering military interests, or those sympathetic to these interests that run the executive of the government. Calling any critique of the state of Israel ‘anti-semitism’ is bullshit”

-Trying to debate the whole Israel issue is impossible. Both sides are right and both sides are wrong. And obviously its not antisemitism to critique Israel – I never said that. Grand ideas of Zionist conspiracy theories usually are however, especially when they stem from rednecks in Alabama or the very confused European left.

Checked your link by the way.
I think pretty much the whole world would agree that the Kennedy assassination was a conspiracy – its the mother of all conspiracies.