Thread: Abuse of Power
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Old 07-16-2006, 10:50 PM  
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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
It makes no sense to say we shouldn't condemn child exploitation just because we had it at some point in our own history.
Are you speaking for the only country who has never ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child??

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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
We also didn't go to war over a "difference of opinion." We went to war as a last resort, after 11 years of UN failures, to remove a brutal dictator who murdered his own people and invaded his neighbors.
The US went to war on false pretences of WMD and delivered a dialog of lies and deceit to the UN representing the international community - an organization the US is part of - as the excuse for this action.

No.. you never did go to war to "remove a brutal dicator" - but the US did cooperate fully in encouraging Saddam to engage in a war with Iran and there is also the matter of a green light to invade Kuwait - an issue the US Ambassador in that country has not forgotten.
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