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Old 05-23-2005, 03:11 PM
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I'm not a Liberal. Wouldn't bother me if I was, much more honourable position the US Neo-Coms.
Im a Christian/Social Deomcrat, and Im hardly a pacifist.
I actively support EU military integration, a joint foriegn policy, and the crushing of any threats to our collective sovergnity. So you attempts label me as some sort of liberal anti-American pacifist is bit odd to say the least.

What I don't actively propose is active military aggression against nations, while morally regunatant, are no threat to my nations soverignty.
If Iraq had had WMD they would have used them or you would have found the relevent weapons project data. Government projects are quite large and you captured the Iraqi government intact.
As to Pakistan, at the moment it is a dictatorship but prior to that it was a democratic government which supported the Taliban.
Funnily enough you have no problem with that insidence, and in the fact that this nation has actually atomic weaponary.Well recently, theres the coup attempt against Chavez, the support given to Pakistan, support of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia where by supporting dictatorial governments you are de-facto undermining democratic movements.
The undermining of the reformers in the Iranian government, and the strenghtening of the hardline element by treating both as identical.
The attack on poppy culivation in Afghabistan which is a prime source of income for many people there (yes war on drugs, but just destroying peasant farmers livelihoods without an alternative is encouraging dictatorial powers). The active support of the Columbian government for the same reasons.
Since the Neo-Cons have gained power more damage has been done to spreading deomocracy than at any point in the past.

Active financial pressure.
Simply put don't trade with them till get democratic.
Im quite will to pay my way for freedom.
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