-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: [snip]
>> Maybe it's true that you thought that, but besides that your statement >> is plainly wrong. Most Europeans *are* opposed to the US involvement in >> Iraq, because it is neither right legally nor morally. Their number is > > Because they think it is neither right legally (which authoritative > body has said so?) nor morally (needless to say, many of us disagree). The UN. Please read my reply to Roberto. Irrespective of what these or those politicians claim, the text of the Charter of the UN is simple: no war or force without explicit endorsement by the security council. >> increasing, because the mission failed and fails besides throwing Saddam >> out of office. >> >> The whole mission is a textbook example of how it probably is impossible >> to bring about democracy, peace and freedom by application of force. > > Impossible? Where were Germany and Japan before and after WWII? Before: similar to Iraq. Then *they* started a suicidal war, leaving their country in ruins and many people dead. The violence was started by the Germans themselves, not from someone outside. That's the whole lot of a difference. Germany was in ruins after the war, by its (or its governments) own fault. Plus: the allies managed to set up law and order after defeating the Germans. There are more differences between Germany 1945 and Iraq now, but these two make a whole lot of difference. Johannes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGQtJxC1NzPRl9qEURAkm5AJ0Vi853aHVf4D4Kffx6v2d9aTLL9wCeMhSf KT3WD6HXq1QU0STlcSut7pg= =EB8l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
