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Originally posted by tomlong
It is not anti-american propaganda it is anti-war propaganda. Why are they posting it you ask. Well I have had other conversations with you where you have stated that our media only shows and says what the government tells them to(censorship). I have continuously stated that our media takes objective views from both sides and we are all not brainwashed as you think. I frankly dont care if the large majority of New Zealands tiny populous is against this war. You can believe what you like about our president that is your right. Myself being an American citizen can tell you that the majority of our large populous support what we are doing. You can sit on your island believing whatever you like it just takes us back to the well used phrase ignorance is bliss until it creeps up and takes out your kneecaps. You say that Iraq and the terrorists it harbors represent no threat to the U.S. or any countries outside the middle east. What did Bali do to deserve the terrorist attack? You will be asking yourself many of these questions when terror strikes your country. You have also stated in other posts that all americans are republicans. This is by far correct. You act as if you know so much about how our president does his job. The truth of the matter is that our presidents approval ratings are higher than almost any president ever. These ratings are decided by the 280 million people who live in our country. You complain about U.S. companies working to rebuild the Iraqi infrastructure. Well if there was another country out there that knew how to run an economy half as well as our companies maybe somebody else would be doing it. How many billion dollar companies are in New Zealand? My guess would be very few.
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Some of your argument seems to centre around an attitude that the role of other countries is irrelevant in international matters. It is an attitude that appears to be shared by the Bush, Blair and Howard administrations borne out by their actions. It is certainly cause for concern when the world's biggest superpower ignores the voices of all those who oppose war while other options exist.
It causes even more concern when the voice of the people in the countries neighbouring Iraq who oppose this war are considered irrelevant - and some of those governments tell their people they are opposed to the war while at the same time supporting the coalition by allowing airspace access - obviously they consider public opinion irrelevant as well.
In some of those countries the governments have resorted using to water cannons and live ammunition in an effort to suppress anti-war protests. Are these events reported in yor media?
Well all I can say is, be very careful when dealing with politicians who tell the people one thing and do the opposite - you can never tell which way those irrelevant people are going to jump - until they take out your kneecaps.