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Ballot choices are to allow for the many shades of grey possibly contained in his remarks.
It more then a slight exa
exageration. I agree with the point though.
That a lie is a lie is a lie...? That a smaller lie is no better than (or worse than) a larger lie in the context of war?
I was going to ask if he'd been drinking heavily, before I read his clarification. His basic intent was not to literally equate the war in Iraq with the Holocaust; that would be completely ridiculous.
His comparison, though very poorly articulated and not well thought out, is regarding the phenomenon of people (particularly in the Government, in this case) keeping quiet in the face of major human tragedies. If you take sides, and you believe that you are on the right side, you are forced to abandon, or remain ignorant of any set of moral standards that you are not able to reconcile with the harsh reality that some of the things you are tacitly supporting are just wrong. At that point you're already sunk, because you are deliberately considering only the things that support your point of view, and deliberately ignoring anything that doesn't--e.g. the truth. That could be just the beginning of your descent into fanaticism, and few things are as dangerous as fanaticism, in the hands of people who wield power over matters of life and death.
That's one of the fundamental problems with politics. At the upper eschelons (in particular), you can't just "change your mind" on major courses of action that you've taken. How would you ever be able to maintain power if you were to admit that, after due consideration, it turns out that you were wrong about something that is having major ramifications in people's lives? If you truly had the best interest of the people at heart, you would be obligated, through good conscience, to sacrifice yourself for the greater good. That's assuming that you're not already at the point where you're believing your own lies.
It's just a sad fact of life that, in order for our system to function, the public must be bombarded by propaganda, and shielded from the truth. You cannot have a nation of independant thinkers when it comes to politics. And that's when we start to enter the truly frightening arena of mass psychology.
Great comment, Applerod.
My guess is that this outburst was the result of 2+ years of suppressed anger against not just what has happened, but what is yet to come farther along down the line.
What about what Sadaam was doing to his own people, did this congressman share views on this?
Not sure Cletus, but I'm certain he was privy to the 'facts' as they were presented by FOX News, along with the rest of us.
Not to say that Saddam was anything like approaching a fine statesman or anything - he was clearly a tyrannical despot - but the Congressman's point may have been that Saddam was not even the issue in the Bush administration's decision to push for war.
Nobody authorized the U.S. to invade iraq to depose Saddam Hussein. Moreover, nobody started caring about what Saddamn was doing to his own people until it became an excuse for starting a war that has proven to be a horrible disaster.
I dont support the Iraq war, but who is to say what we can and cant do? lol.
Cletus, it's called KARMA.
To compare it to the holocaust is ridiculous. I'm coming to the conclusion though that sooner or later the US would have attacked with just cause anyways.
Elvis, you're draining my energy, lol. =:-)=
Stupid, insensitive thing to say, even if his point was good.
Yes, the war in iraq is no different than the holocaust. Just like a paper cut is no different than the holocaust, or when the waitress get's your order wrong, that's no different than the holocaust.
Rangel is an idiot, I think he's just trying to prove that to the world. He should go back to trying to get legislation passed to bring back the draft.
I do agree that Rangel is/can be an idiot. ESPECIALLY as regards his draft bill spnsorship(s). So why the sudden outburst from him regarding something he perhaps should never have supported in the first place?
Conscience?
*sponsorships. Blah!
More snotty nonsense by creeps.
Rangel....isn't he dead from throat cancer yet??
That’s a gross exaggeration. Bush isn’t trying to murder every single Iraqi like Hitler was trying to do with the Jews.
by seon on Fri Jun 10, 05 6:01am
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Ask the Iraqui's and the young American soldiers!
THEY're the ones dying.
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