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Great article on anti-americanism....
panjul
03/30/03 at 20:25:20
In the view of many citizens who favor the invasion of Iraq, opposition is symptomatic of anti-Americanism, and open dissent during a time of war comes close to treason. At some rallies, marchers carried signs saying, "America - Love It or Leave It."

It's hard to see why people should be expected to leave a free country because they have the gall to exercise their freedom. Maybe the ones who should leave are their critics, who would be more comfortable in a country whose government tolerates no criticism - say, Iraq. Or maybe they think we can't deliver liberty to the Iraqi people unless we first confiscate it from the American people.

Nor is blind support of government any favor to those in uniform. Supporters of the war often suggest that the debate is between those with military experience and those without. Not so. Many of its advocates in the administration haven't served - including Vice President Dick Cheney and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. The main skeptic has been Colin Powell, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Playing the patriotism card or the veterans card is a shameless attempt to discredit and intimidate dissenters, which is easier than proving them wrong.

read the entire article in here:  

[url]http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/5499582.htm[/url]
03/30/03 at 20:25:46
panjul
Re: Great article on anti-americanism....
bhaloo
03/30/03 at 20:35:25
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Great article, I think I'll put it up on my site.  Unfortunately I was watching FoxNews, and they hand some female reporter on there interviewing the opposition to the current Canadian prime minister.  The guy was bad mouthing him and saying he is against the people's wishes, even though Fox News put up a poll that 60% of canadians are against the war.

And this reporter went on to say that why is Canada so anti-american, and the opposition guy blamed the prime minister and said that he was going to retire a year ago but didn't so he isn't really doing his job.  And she went on to say that why are they on the side of the french and russians and not on the side of America, adn that there is something wrong with them.  It was crazy.

And then before that, Peter Arnett from NBC was interviewed on Iraqi TV and he was saying to the IRaqi people that america miscalculated the war and that its going to go on longer and that americans are seeing all the civillian casualties, so they are starting to rethink this war.  The female reporter brought on a former co-worker of Peter Arnett and basically called him a fruitcake and anti-american and that he has serious problems.


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