U.S. occupation in Iraq is like Civil War, WWII, not Vietnam(apparently)

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no one secedes and fights a bloody four year war over tariffs or whatever other bullshit

But the Revolutionary War was supposedly about taxes, right? RIGHT?!11

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link

The bill of particulars is carefully laid out in the Declaration of Independence, after the self-evident truth business is wrapped up in the first couple of sentences. Most of the Declaration is about the various specific complaints of the colonies against King G3.

― Aimless (Aimless), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm debating whether we should withdraw from Iraq entirely, or if we should occupy the oilfields and leave the rest of Iraq to it's own devices.

Does our involvement in Iraq constitue a just war? In a sense. Our military is trying to do the right thing over there, protect civilians and keep the peace, etc. We're certainly not CONDUCTING this war the way we conducted the war in Vietnam (indiscriminate bombing, and let God sort 'em out). The problem isn't that the war is unjust. The problem is that the war will never end. War in Iraq is a way of life.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Thursday, 7 September 2006 00:26 (seventeen years ago) link

40,000 in 3 years? The Vietnamese WISH they had it so easy.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Friday, 8 September 2006 01:59 (seventeen years ago) link

lenin isn't really in the same league as hitler but he's pretty indefensible in his own right.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 8 September 2006 23:25 (seventeen years ago) link

I'd like someone to please bring the Tunguska Event into this discussion.

― M. V. (M.V.), Saturday, 9 September 2006 02:41 (seventeen years ago) link

give it a bit, it'll happen

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 9 September 2006 04:56 (seventeen years ago) link

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