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Re: With Saddam's sons dead, now we just need to bag dad (Baghdad get it?)
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Thu, 24 Jul 2003 19:28:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:

  
   Not to sound pithy or anything much like that, but it’s only the idiots and morons that don’t learn from history--violence begets violence.

Not pithy; how about “trite”? What lessons did you learn from WWII, Dave? (Dirty little secret Dave: war is sometimes GOOD).

The Sons of Saddam seem to have forgotten that trite statement. Or perhaps, “He who lives be the sword, dies by the sword.” So, yes, it’s trite, but it also kinda backfires against David since it can also be used to explain why it happened.

I don’t know if I’d call any war “good”. Necessary, perhaps. The best choice in a sea of bad options. War brutalizes even the victors, even when they had the best of intentions.


  
   “Nice mess you’ve created.”

What would you have called the situation previously with the brutal SH in power? It was a mess to begin with.

Yes, but it was somebody else’s mess!

-->Bruce<--



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  Re: With Saddam's sons dead, now we just need to bag dad (Baghdad get it?)
 
(...) Yeah, I was called in on that characterization as well by Dave! What I meant basically was that sometimes violence can beget peace. How about it is good to resist against evil, even if that means going to war. But I think we are of the same (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  Re: With Saddam's sons dead, now we just need to bag dad (Baghdad get it?)
 
(...) It matters a great deal to the Iraqi people. "Death of the kids"? Or how about "death of the murderous, sadistic thugs"? Look how pathetically partisan you've become-- criticizing the deaths of 2 pieces of human excrement. Sad, really. I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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