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Jinu
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 Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:08 Post subject: quote on European involvement in the war
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| Quote: | American troops found that the fleeing Baath Party and paramilitary forces had set up minefields on roads and bridges leading out of the city. Late today an American engineering team was clearing the third of such fields, this one with 30 mines, by detonating them with C4 explosives.
Lt. Col. Duke Deluca, noting that the mines had been made in Italy, said, "Europeans are antiwar, but they are pro-commerce."
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italy is selling them mines, france is selling them nuclear reactors (why does the #2 oil producer in the world need a nuclear reactor), and we get to get rid of them.
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Maelstrom
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:18 Post subject:
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Jinu most countries sells weapons, and Irak in 1991 was the number one military buying country in the world on the market.
How many countries buy the US's equipment ? The whole world. And its why the US is the number one military selling country in the world.
So dont blame a country just cause you hear that Irak's troops are currently using bought equipment from other countries against the US.
Mines...hell in many places in the world if your lucky you stil lcan walk on a mine from WW2, they did said that there were still millions on mines left on the fields all over the world.
So Irak may have bought those years and years ago.
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Starks
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:28 Post subject:
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Is it ethically wrong to sell weapons to potentially threatening people? Hell yeah. THat doesn't matter. What matters is what puts the chedda in the wallet. Not one of you would say you wouldn't sell some psycho weapons if you were going to get some greenbacks out of it.
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Kbarr
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:30 Post subject:
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| Starks wrote: | | Is it ethically wrong to sell weapons to potentially threatening people? Hell yeah. THat doesn't matter. What matters is what puts the chedda in the wallet. Not one of you would say you wouldn't sell some psycho weapons if you were going to get some greenbacks out of it. |
Idiot.
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Akronn
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:38 Post subject:
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Kbarr, explain how he's an idiot?
Afterall, we engaged in 'commerce' with Iraq too.
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Docter
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:39 Post subject:
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| Kbarr wrote: | | Starks wrote: | | Is it ethically wrong to sell weapons to potentially threatening people? Hell yeah. THat doesn't matter. What matters is what puts the chedda in the wallet. Not one of you would say you wouldn't sell some psycho weapons if you were going to get some greenbacks out of it. |
Idiot. |
I second that!
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Kbarr
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:43 Post subject:
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| Akronn wrote: | Kbarr, explain how he's an idiot?
Afterall, we engaged in 'commerce' with Iraq too. |
Shadup!!!
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atarom
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:43 Post subject:
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why do you spell iraq with a k?
and why does kbarr feel that "idiot." is a perpetually funny/accurate/pointful response to a quote?
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Kbarr
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:45 Post subject:
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| atarom wrote: | why do you spell iraq with a k?
and why does kbarr feel that "idiot." is a perpetually funny/accurate/pointful response to a quote? |
Because it is accurate.
Now you know.
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Rennol
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:47 Post subject:
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we sell plenty of weapons to other nations, not like it hasn't bitten us in the ass before.
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atarom
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:55 Post subject:
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| Kbarr wrote: | | atarom wrote: | why do you spell iraq with a k?
and why does kbarr feel that "idiot." is a perpetually funny/accurate/pointful response to a quote? |
Because it is accurate.
Now you know. |
spelling iraq with a k is accurate?
wow. good thing i know now.
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Kbarr
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 18:59 Post subject:
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| atarom wrote: | | Kbarr wrote: | | atarom wrote: | why do you spell iraq with a k?
and why does kbarr feel that "idiot." is a perpetually funny/accurate/pointful response to a quote? |
Because it is accurate.
Now you know. |
spelling iraq with a k is accurate?
wow. good thing i know now. |
You are giving me a migrane kid, where did I offend you by spelling it with a K. Its not on my radar, refresh me ok?
And watch it, you are close to getting on my "idiot" list.
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Jinu
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Posted: 04/02/03 - 19:20 Post subject:
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everyone talks about how we sold weapons to other countries as well, and while that maybe true, when was the last time you saw an arab shooting an m4 into the air?
and we're talking about things like mines and nuclear weapons. italy i believe has agreed to the ban on mines, and wtf is france doing selling nuclear capabilities to Iraq?!
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