A soldier's viewpoint

Originally Posted by Undertoad

No... the UN

Well, at least you admit someone else was responsible, and it was the UN with strong US backing.

Originally Posted by Undertoad

So their words wouldn't be used to go to war over it. This would make them a tool of the right which would be unacceptable..

Again, cite, please.

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Sometimes. At other times it's boldly political: Iraq war cover for human rights abuses

Go back and re-read your own link. Amnesty was merely reporting the fact without comment that some of the slimes of the world were using the fact that global attention was focused on Iraq to get away with nasty things in their own countries. Facts are facts. Do you want the truth surpressed just because you don't like it?

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I write a lot here and I rarely call anyone brainless or moronic without evidence at hand.

I write a lot here and I have discovered that calling people names seldom makes them open their eyes to my point of view.