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Reader's
Comments:
Your publication
shows a real ignorance of
America
and its Constitutional Rights.
First, for your
edification, there is no constitutional right to be free to
speak at a private event. A private club, person, etc. can
prevent such speech. In other words, freedom of speech means
only a government cannot prevent you from speaking. If private
people don't like what you stand for, they have the right to not
buy your product--that is freedom of expression as well.
Second, your right
– its one big conspiracy to get Muslims. The irony is that as
long as the Muslim world continues to blame everybody else but
their own two-bit dictators and culture for their problems, the
Muslim world will always be in the third world.
It is simply
amazing to me that the Muslim world does not see the events in
Iraq
as positive. Yes, civilians were killed. However, I guarantee
you that less civilians were killed by the
US
in the three-week war than were killed by the Iraqi regime in
those same three weeks. Kids in jail for not joining the Bath
Party; hundreds of thousands of Muslims killed and/or tortured
because of their politics or a whim; people starving while the
leaders are living a life of luxury; gassing of Muslims; an
intent to build weapons that are a threat to the world. How can
anyone be credible if they don't report these horrors and give
the
US
some credit for the removal of the regime? Are you kidding me?
Get of your soapbox (your agenda) and start taking
responsibility for the fate of the Muslim world.
America
became a superpower for a reason – its democracy and the way
it values human life. Stop the cycle of hate and fear mongering
and begin the cycle of responsibility and accountability. Then
and only then will you be taken seriously by the rest of the
world.
Reply:
The
offhand way with which you refer to civilian deaths speaks
volumes about you. This is the kind of compassion we get from
the
US
administration. It’s a compassion we can do with out. It’s funny
that you discuss civilian deaths this casually then lecture us
on the value of human life.
How
can your administration credibly state that it cares for Iraqi
human rights and democracy when it supports dictators the
world over and funds and arms tyrants elsewhere?
We
have repeated it countless times: We are opposed to Saddam,
and we are opposed to a
US
occupation. We do
not deny Saddam’s numerous crimes. In fact, we were well
aware of them years before the
US
suddenly gained its
short-lived sympathy for the Iraqis. We’re also very aware
of the millions of other Muslims and Arabs living under other
dictators that the
US
administration
doesn’t have a problem with because they serve a purpose. As
such, you and your government are in no position to lecture us
on the same freedom and democracy being trampled by your
“moderate” allies and regional strongmen.
Accountability?
What does the
US
know of
accountability beyond its borders? Are any of your soldiers or
pilots accountable for civilians killed? Or are they merely
statistics, faceless dead among the “sand niggers” as many
soldiers refer to them?
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