America deserved all they got and so did we

Submitted by Andrew MacLeod (United Kingdom), Jul 19, 2006 at 15:29

I like to consider myself an intelligent deep thinking and decent person, but as more and more lies and atrocities commited both by America and Britain are uncovered I am left feeling that while the innocents of both 9/11 and 7/7 did not deserve what happened to them the countries did. Both countries have invaded their less advanced world neighbours to impose their will on the population.

They both claimed when they invaded Iraq it was to defeat terrorism and that their was a very real threat that Saddam had WMD`s and would not hesitate to use them. The reality is America wanted a regime change and Britain agreed. Unfortunately the rest of the world ie the UN has ruled that to invade a country purely to overthrow a ruler is in itself a war crime. Perhaps Blair and Bush should be in the Hague on trial. By lying to their respective governments as to the reasons for going to war not only are they guilty of all the Muslim deaths in Iraq but also those of the Allied soldiers killed in action. Just think about this nearly 7 decades ago a political leader with the support of his government invaded a smaller less developed country and the whole world was united against him and his government after the ensueing war were executed for crimes against humanity....

I am beginning to realise that those in power in the so called enlightened west are inherently racist but at the same time overtly pro semetic. Have the powers that be issued an outright condemnation of Israel for its attacks on Lebanon or its treatment of Palestinians. No they just come out and say Israel has a right to defend itself. Whilst on the face of it I agree with this statement you just have to look at the numbers to realise this is BS. 10 times as many Lebanese killed by Israel than Jews. It seems to me like nuking someone because they threw firecrackers at your house...disproportionate.

Then we have Afghanistan we went in there looking for Bin Laden what with the multi million dollar spy sattelites they have as well as all the other technologies one would have thought they would have found him by now. Added to this there's the controversy over the Pentagon plane crash (was there a plane or not) and the fact that Bush did not look in the least bit surprised when he was told of the twin towers at that school. I mean think about it you are the leader of the most powerful country in the world and a bunch... of take out take out one of the most famous buildings in one of the most famous cities in the world.if I was Bush I know it would have scared the crap out of me but he didnt bat an eye. ... You wait it will be Syria and Iran next. It would explain why they havent caught Bin Laden yet if he works for them.

Then you come to the 7/7 attacks think about this support for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan was at an all time low and people were after Blairs head over his lies about Saddam but after 7/7 he can now hold his head up and say his actions were justified.

The sooner we learn to keep our noses out of our neighbours affairs and just concentrate on our own problems the more peaceful the world will be.

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