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Originally posted by russotto
Commies get a free pass. Except Pol Pot.
Didn't see any mention of Stalin's atrocities upthread, for instance. Even though his were largely committed upon white people.
Remember, it's all the US's fault. If it's not the US's fault by action, it's the US's fault by inaction. In the rare event that blame cannot be pinned on the US, another Western European nation is at fault. Oh yeah, and because it's all the US's fault, the US deserved 9/11 and all that comes after it.
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Quite frankly, this is an example of the sort of mindless patriotism that gets us into one international fix after another. Nobody who has posted so far has tried to make the argument that the old communist regimes should be an example to us all. Not hardly. Its a fairly poor exercise in logic to attempt to imply that people who call for Western accountability do so because they are pinko commie lovers. Nice try, but its a completely irrational conclusion.
If I make the observation that the US has acted in such a manner as to make itself hated by Moslem cultures, this hardly means I am a Bin Laden groupie or that I think terrorist attacks (on EITHER side) are an appropriate solution. If I note that the actions of Western nations have contributed to the destabilization of certain 3rd world nations and make the observation that Western culture (never mind the third world)would be best served if the US and Europe avoided such actions in the future, this hardly makes me a Stalin hugger.
If you can't make a valid point, don't waste your energy.