IIRC, they only tape foreign phone calls.
Even if that was true, isn't that "taping American phones"? They weren't allowed to do that prior to 9/11, among other things...
There's also monitering emails and internet, but that's prior to 9/11 I think
I fail to see how weapons manufacturing and Halliburton would benefit from a US conspiracy to murdur their own people.
Hmm and I thought you were smart! (j/k, I didn't
) Ok Fox I'll try to clarify: by murdering their own people they can make an excuse to wage war. During this war, weapon manufacturers would make alot of money by selling arms to the US army (to wage that war, remember?). Also, Halliburton would make aloooot of money by exploiting the oil resources in the land where that war was waged (which was caused by murdering the people).. got it?
Depends. American soldiers who attack and kill Iraqi people and families for no justifiable reason are punished. If some "civilians" attack the Americans with guns, they are justified for fighting back.
What happens often (every other week or so?) is that Americans bomb houses, weddings, or mosques! Needless to say, tens of civlians in Iraq and Afghanestan are killed and deformed by these raids. Usually of whom most are women & children (it's not that women & children don't suck, but still...)
So? Their not that powerful that they can attack "all the time".
I don't find this to make sense, and it perfectly matches my conspiracy theory. You find it making sense, fine.
They said Iraq and Al-Qa'eda were linked, not that Saddam did 9/11. Like this comment by former CIA Director George Tenet in a letter to the Senate Intelligence Committee on October 7, 2002:
Anyway I was being sarcastic.. of course I don't think Suddam nor Al-Qu'da did nor could do them
You'd think that if we went in for the oil we might have..... you know, stolen some of it according to the plan?
And you did! 75% of the Iraqi exported oil is given to American and British companies*, which is about 80 billion dollars since April 2003. With no contracts given to Russian, German, or French companies (rings a bell?) to "rebuild" Iraq.
88% support the current government versus 3% supporting the Taliban.
88% versus 11% think it was good that the US arrived.
And only 5% support Osama Bin Laden.
I don't see why a poll conducted by BBC/ABC news would be unbiased when you're comparing
America with
Osama! Did you expect BBC to say that 90% of Afghans want Taleban back, and condemn the American invasion of their country?? Let Aljazeera conduct such a poll and you'll get the same numbers, switched (which, btw, the Iraqi democratic government kicked out of the country & closed their office)
The Iraqi government has disagreed with the US several times before. The war between Israel and Hizballah and the issue over Iran's nukes came to mind.
Don't be funny, Egypt "disagees" with the US all the time! Does this mean we're not slaves to the Americans? Does it mean that our "president" (for 1/4 of a century now
) is not an American puppet? Where's the American Freedom to Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qutur, are all these US-allies democratic? Or did you only remember to rescue the Iraqis?? Give me a break!
Furthermore, is all 300 or so political parties in Iraq just American pupets?
I don't know if they're 300, but I know for sure that not all 300 are in power
. The ones ruling are the ones with the American blessing
So, the BBC is "forging" this?
Why don't we examine the sources of BBC first??
A spokesman for the International Mission for Iraqi Elections conceded that ..
US President George W Bush described the vote as...
... said Paul Dacey, spokesman for the international observers.
When will you stop dealing with what BBC and CNN say as undeniable facts, surely clean of any political intentions?
I will counter by saying that the mid-easterners think the whole world is "us vs. them" with "them" being the cause of all the problems in the world while the mideasterners are peaceful victims of the west constantly accused of crimes that were forged by the west. Thus, they are less likely to think logically and this leads to a higher chance in the belief in conspiracy theories.
Just a small correction, it's the "Jews" more than the "West". But I agree; our main problem is our own weakness. The West is plotting against China and N. Korea, but they stood strong. It's because we suck, not that the Americans exist (though not denying old and new colonization is part of our problems, of course --> you've been causing us headaches since like 1071!)
Lots of people here are skeptical of our government.
Maybe, but certainly not enough to stop a right-wing "christian crusader" maniac from getting elected twice!
(IIRC, "troops" here is something like six or eight civilian engineers whose job is to disarm mines, and four jets without personnel on loan to the coalition force there.)
Disarming mines of the resistence and lending jets to occupation forces is moral? Even if it was totally ineffective, it's a matter of principle! By deploying any type of force you're supporting the idea of occupation, which I thought Norway was more civilized than, till today! So it's not only Sweden!! Shame on you, I'll be migrating to israel then
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