[quote="choclady"]
Um, I didn't write this, an American living in Europe did.
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1) Most Europeans are completely unaware of how threatened Americans feel, and they have not realized how seriously we take the viscous language of Osama bin Laden and other Wahabbists against us. They are not aware, either, of the venomous content of Islamist sermons against America that have been spewing from the mouths of imams and mullahs for years.
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I think that's because first they were supported by the US gov't and then they were told to **** off. good strategy by the US gov't i must say.
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It's not much better than Germany's current stance regarding Iraq, is it? Or is that ok so long as your oil deals with Saddam aren't in jeopardy?
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2) Most Europeans cannot conceive how traumatic 9/11 was to us. Many of them expected us to "get over it" by now and see us as wallowing in self-pity and prone to paranoia and childish temper tantrums now.
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Because the USA is the only country we hear complaining more than any other. that's not meant to put you down, i would feel the same way in your situation, it's just that we (and you) don't see so much about all the people suffering in other countries of the world. damn media propaganda.
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Complaining about what? That we were invaded and thousands of our citizens killed?
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3) Many Europeans do not believe America is really at war. They think the phrase "War on Terrorism" is figurative language. They often even put it in quotation marks.
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oh really? so there are all those peace protests against war on terrorism because we don't believe you are at war? that makes sense
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Um, weren't those protests over Iraq?
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7) Many Europeans are very cynical about the integrity of their own politicians and they look at our leaders through those same, jaded eyes. They don't hold their own politicians to very high moral and ethical standards so they don't seem able to believe we do. This is evident in their skepticism of Colin Powell's presentation at the UN.
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oh. i'm sorry. i never realised your politicians were better than ours.
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You have a known terrorist holding office in your country. I think that speaks for itself.
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9) Many Europeans don't seem to realize how dangerous chemical and biological weapons are in the hands of men like Saddam. They don't see him as a threat to their security (or anyone else's, except maybe Israel's, whom they don't like anyway). They aren't afraid of him, so they don't want to pay the price of disarming him. They seem to think the Bush administration is simply using scare tactics to raise support for its "imperialist aggression" against Iraq. (Can you say "asleep at the wheel" boys and girls?)
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where did they get those weapons from again? oh, that's right. the USA gave it to them (or financed them).
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And where are they getting the money to keep on making WMD? Oh, that's right, from Germany, France and Russia.
So it seems that the request for 'more time' is full of shit. They found the weapons, and he refused to destroy them. What is the point of 'more time'? No one is taking your country seriously anymore, do you know that? You are advocating to keep Saddam in power. If you care so much about people who suffer in the world, why would you be in favor of that? He's killed and tortured over a million Iraquis throughout the course of his dictatorship. What are you fighting against? You make no sense
02-27-2003, 01:30 AM
