See these two photographs. http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/rumsfeld-in-uzbekistan_files/51.jpg http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/handshake300.jpg http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/us-and-uz.htm Independent human rights groups estimate that there are more than 600 politically motivated arrests a year in Uzbekistan, and 6,500 political prisoners, some tortured to death. According to a forensic report commissioned by the British embassy, in August two prisoners were even boiled to death. The US condemned this repression for many years. But since September 11 rewrote America's strategic interests in central Asia, the government of President Islam Karimov has become Washington's new best friend in the region.31 responses total.
So? This is a surprise to you. Quite frankly the numbers you cite are silly. You gotta add a few zeros on the right before it really becomes of interest otherwise you are not far from what probably goes on in your hometown US although I will grant you the two 'boiling to death' as other than the lack of AC that seems a little over the top for the US. Here is a clue "People have friends, nations have Interests". It is apparently a quote from a jewboy - seems I recall he had something to do with the brits and their empire...
Saddam was our freind for a while. But we finally got him.
We got him? Where is he?
well, we got his country.
really? *we* got his country?
YEah, *we* did. I think I ran into bru 3 times at the Bagdhad airport.
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was he *handcuffing* boys?
When was Mr. Saddam our "friend?" Unfortunately, the U.S. State Department, seeking stability, pushes pragmatism over ethical judgements often makes it appear that way (viz., Sec. Colin Powell's insistance that our government continue - against all rational hope - to seek the approval of the Disunited Nations prior to the invasion of Iraq). This is a key reason why the U.S. is so slow to act against tyrants, such as Saddam.
Ah, so in that photo where Rummy is shaking hands with Saddam, he's secretly gritting his teeth while wishing the United Nations were in there doing something?
I am not suggesting a theory here. Just do your own fact-digging. As pvn suggests, its might mostly be *larger* national interests (a bit contorted though).
(ah. So Mr. scott believes that Israel and the PA are friends because of a photo showing Prime Minister Sharon and Chairman Arafat shaking hands? This is thought-povoking.)
The photographs are only symbolic. Read the article. But I guess you won't do that because that would be uncomfortable. Is it?
a CALL CENTER support staffer who is a qualified engineer is under- employed
Yes, very good willcome. :P
sj2, what is your point, that the US is an evil imperialist empire, meddling in your corner of the world? Look in the mirror: India has plenty of its own problems to deal with. Trot out some of those, why don't you?
whore.
Jerk.
safe sex.
re #16: getting touchy, albaugh?
re16: "india has many problems, etc" yeah, and many of them caused by having been colonized by europeans for so long.
"sj2, what is your point, that the US is an evil imperialist empire ...." You assumed that, I didn't say that. US has a lots of things that I appreciate but its foreign policy is not one of them.
do you appreciate BAYWATCH?
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Re #23 - Sure, boob jobs are the US's gift to males across the world ;)
/pees in sj2's *cornmash*
Re #25: Well, at least to heterosexual males who think bigger is always better...
Re #24 During 43 days of war in 1991, the US flew 109,876 sorties and dropped 84,200 tons of bombs. Average monthly tonnage of ordnance used nearly equaled that of World War II ( Airpower in the Gulf War, Air and Space Power Mentoring Guide Essays II, pp. 72-73 (U.S. Air Force 1999) Ninety-three per cent of munitions used by the allies consisted of unguided dumb bombs, dropped primarily by Vietnam-era B-52 carpet- bombers. About 70 per cent of bombs and missiles missed their targets, frequently destroying private homes and killing civilians. (John MacArthur, Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War, 1993, p. 161) On Dec. 16, 1998, fighters and bombers from the British RAF and U.S. Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps launched a devastating air assault on Iraq under the codename "Operation Desert Fox." The four-day bombing blitz launched more cruise missiles than were fired during Operation Desert Storm. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14263 The 2003 war was *better*. 650 civilians killed with 4600 tonnes of bombs dropped. Unfortunately, Civilians killed, per 10,000 tonnes of bombs, rose from ~400 in 1991 to ~1350 in 2003. So much for precision and so much for being *upfront and personal*. When *precision* bombing Really isn't: The evil, the grotesque and the official lies. by Marc W. Herold Departments of Economics and Women's Studies Whittemore School of Business & Economics University of New Hampshire http://www.cursor.org/stories/iraq.html Tod, but I guess people like you have *unfailing* belief in your politicians and military commanders.
ha! last line is bilge water.
Yep, them damned Brits set the Hindus against the Muslims, curse them!
whore.
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