Reply #30: and I care that you're dismayed [View All]

[iverglas]

... uh, not.

"Maybe you, Iverglas, think of the war as a crime against the world. I do not."

Ditto: I care ... not. Although I'm mildly curious why someone who does not think that the invasion and occupation of a sovereign country by an imperialist power in search of profit, and the killing of thousands and thousands of the people of that country, is a crime against the world would be hanging out here, I won't bother asking.

"The fact that you and I and Iver Johnson don't agree with the justification that was given for the war in Iraq does not mean that there wasn't any."

What are you on about? Nothing that has anything to do with anything I've said, that's for sure.

"Everybody thought there were WMDs."

What colour is the sky on your planet? Why would anyone make such an outrageously false statement? And even were it true, what does it have to do with anything? The actions of the US would still be monstrous.

"You belittling, demeaning attitude towards others is indicative of one who only views things from her side, I suggest that a barrister such as yourself could do quite a bit better."

I'm not a barrister, whatever that has to do with anything. Did ya want to tell me what your occupation is, so that I can cobble together some bit of chiding nonsense for you?

If you think that there is another "side" to the question of the monstrousness of the invasion and occupation of Iraq by Imperial America and the killing of people for profit, you feel free to sit on it. You'll be invisible to me, I'm afraid, since you'll have entered the other side of the looking glass. Your saying that there is another "side" to the question doesn't make it so.

"As you smugly sit in your home enjoying the lovely Canadian Fall and early winter, you should note that there are men and women fighting for their fellow Marines out there, and wish them the best."

Cue The Green Berets while I polish the apples for that pie.

If I can think of some reason why I would wish the best to someone involved in the atrocity in question, I'll be sure to do it. I'm afraid that I don't generally take instruction without a good reason to follow it. And I generally suggest that people who issue admonitions such as yours find a better place for them.

I'm sure I hope they all come home safe and sound, as long as they manage to do it without doing a single fucking thing to advance the US agenda in Iraq. I doubt that this applies to many.

In the meantime, anyone who wishes to avoid doing such things and cannot do so otherwise than by leaving his/her country will be welcome in my home, at my expense, for as long as necessary. (I mean, until the beds are all taken, anyhow.) I've done it before, and I'll do it again, and I suppose I'll just keep on doing it as long as your country keeps on doing what it does.

There were without question a lot of "fine men" doing their "service to their country" in Hitler's army. Following those lawful orders.