I assume you are referring to the lack of fresh water in Iraq, since most of the rest of the Middle East has fresh water systems, with the deplorable exception of the Palestinian occupied territories. Yes, Iraq has a serious lack of potable tap water, but this was not the case before the first Iraq war, when their infrastructure was the most modern in the region, rivalling Israel. The United States repeatedly bombed water purification plants in Iraq, a heinous war crime according to international law. Afterwards, the UN imposed sanctions, which were thanks to tremendous pressure from your country's UN representatives, ensured that Iraq's water infrastructure could not be rebuilt. Analysts claim the sanctions killed 500,000 Iraqis, most of them children. It's really very funny you comment on none of the oil profits flowing down to the people, because that is what Mossadegh tried to do in 1953 and that is why your country overthrew his government and instituted the dictatorship of the Shah. As for the mud huts comment, I won't comment except to say you should get out more, the arab nations have apartments and houses like America, ok maybe not as modern but still quite amenable.lowing wrote:
When I refer to changes I mean in circumstances, leadership, threats, etc....the lack of changes I refer to in the ME are those of the people still living in mud huts, with no fresh water, no food, no jobs, no electricity. All the while their leadership sits on a gazillion barrels of oil pumped from the ground and nothing filters down to to the citizens.
I can't believe you are that much of the stereotypical ignorant American that you think that Montreal is in another hemisphere. I think it is pretty obvious I am not french, though I see your ignorance is so thorough you have no idea who won your war of independence for you, or who helped you through so much of history to defend yourselves against the british. Yes America paid France back in WWII, though apparently that is the extent of your historical memory. By the way, Montreal is in Canada, which is in your hemisphere, and is not dependent on your foreign aid, stingy as it is. But of course you spend so much on the military you simply can't afford to help all the poor countries. You would rather just bomb them. A billion dollars of trade passes between our border every day, so you should be thanking us as much as we should be thanking you.lowing wrote:
The only thing that disgusts me about America's critics, is the fact you bitch about America, then when you need help, you look toward America for free aid and handouts. Then you bitch that it didn't come soon enough, or it wasn't enough or America could have done more. Please, if you don't want us involved in your hemispheres affairs, I could not agree more. Cuz quite frankly I am sick of my tax dollars going to the UN or any other fucked up country in the world that "need our aid" but "hate our guts".... I am all for getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan. I am all for letting those idiots kill each other off. I would just leave a note behind that read, "Your violence finds its way to America again or its allies again and you will become the next crater lake. As far as the oil in the region goes. If it is going to be held hostage from the world, that is fine. If anyone is going to mass produce cars with alternative fuels it will be America. They can keep their oil, and we can keep our food, medical technology and supplies, and aid money. I am all for being an isolationist country. I do not want to be involved with other countries problems. The US and UN are now talking about involvement in the Sudan, I say nope, because people like you find fault in the efforts put forth, while you sit and home and watch the grass grow. Boy ya gotta love a critic. You MUST be French!!!
And if you are such an isolationist, why are you such a staunch supporter of Bush and Cheney and their interventionist foreign policy?
