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war - who's your baddie?

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Iraq, the U.S., and threatening world peace. Follow the link through to the table. To which I would add.

Ok let's see.

1. "He [Saddam] kills his own people!"
Oh, and the American Civil War?
The various wars and massacres against the Indians?
This is not ancient history. The Civil War was 1860s. The Massacre at Wounded Knee was 1890.
Plus which, hello, slavery.
2. "He [Saddam] uses biological weapons! On his own people!"
Oh, and smallpox blankets for the Indians?
Various medical experiments on the powerless?
3. "We [the US] have always defended democracy, unlike you other slack countries."
Um yeah, like when you were late for BOTH World Wars?
Like when you destablized countries all over the world because their democratic choices weren't the ones you liked?
Like when you had the LAST Gulf War to protect Kingdoms such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, where rights are at the whim of the royalty?
4. "We [the US] are a beacon of democracy"
Yeah, what with that amazing TWO PARTY system and all.
And some tiny fraction of your population turning out for the elections.
Which barely work because you use ridiculous voting machines unlike the paper-and-pencil systems used by democratic countries all over the rest of the freaking world.
5. "We [the US] are a beacon of freedom"
Yeah, what with having NO PRIVACY COMMISSIONER.
Or strong legislation protecting privacy rights.
What with rights having been consistently, relentlessly eroded since the 1960s, when it appeared to the surprise and dismay of rich white male Americans that they might actually apply equally to everyone.

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