Re: Bush began Iraq plan pre-9/11

On Monday 12 January 2004 20:08, Rob Kaper wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 07:03:24PM +0100, Guillaume Laurent wrote:
> > Again, nothing really new. That's what is has always looked like to
> > people outside of the US, AFAIK (and, fortunately, to some people in the
> > US too).
>
> Tell that to the Spanish, Italian, Australian, Dutch, British, Japanese,
> etc etc soldiers in Iraq.

Er, yes, I believe it looks like that to most of them as well. What would make 
you think otherwise ?

The really upsetting part in this is how most people supporting this war 
idealize it as a glorious battle of Good vs. Evil, akin to WW-II. It's easy 
to understand how compelling such a vision can be, though (then again WW-II 
was more complex too).

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						Guillaume.
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