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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
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At ease soldier.
Thats not at all what I said.
All I was saying is that everything the US Military does is being said to be done in the name of freedom and democracy. This is always the selling point. Even when its a bunch of predator drones strafing villages in the Afghan mountains or blowing up a restaurant that Saddam is thought to be sitting in, even when its clearly going to kill scores of innocent people or whatever.
I was more saying that the rhetoric is very often inconsistent with the reality... and the reality if more often than not a matter of perspective. Its very safe to say that the middle east is not impressed with any attempts to force "freedom" and "democracy" on them.