Comments for BURY MY HEART IN SADR CITY at http://www.pacificfreepress.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.pacificfreepress.com Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:04:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/1039-bury-my-heart-in-sadr-city.html#comment-1229 Thanks for your interest. Where to begin? Firstly; as I think it is probably the most pressing matter: Iran does NOT possess nuclear weapons. This is important to remember, given the current context, where the U.S. and its fledgling Israel are poised to attack that country with, the rumour has it, nuclear weapons. Secondly; Iraq did have the capability to produce and ship its oil before it was bombed back into the pre-industrial era by its current occupiers, America. Now, you would posit it America's duty to "help" them? That sounds like burning down a First Nation's village to save it (a concept a Viet Nam vet would find sounding familiar). Thirdly; why do you assume Iran's goal is world domination, through Islam? Where did you get that factum, and why does it not sound ridiculous to you on its face? Even mighty America is finding world domination a difficult task these days, even with its massive nuclear arsenal and nuclear powered fleet (two carrier groups of which are currently stationed off the shores of Iran, ready to launch another "Shock and Awe" murder spree against another civilian population (the third such atrocity to occur under the auspice of George W. Bush). Now, I agree; NASA's resources could be better spent than they are now, securing "full spectrum dominance" for the American military over the rest of the globe; but, what about the billions spent on weapons and war-making? Could not those dollars be better spent too? As a veteran, you must know first hand what an idiotic bureaucracy the U.S. military is, and how they waste the largest single budget the planet has ever seen! More cash is devoted to the practice of annihilation of the perceived enemies of America than any other ambition. Please tell me you can see that your nation (not your hereditary one) is headed for disaster, and threatens the entirety of the race. Please tell me you will today educate yourself, and take a stand against this promised destruction! cheers lex - Kurt Nimmo Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:23:15 +0100 http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/1039-bury-my-heart-in-sadr-city.html#comment-1228 I'm not a professional blogger, nor am I one who has any particular political agenda that I'm aware of. I'm just an army veteran of the Viet Nam war who has a son serving in Iraq at the present. Reading this piece leads me to wonder, have you ever been in Iraq? If not, I hope you will understand my reluctance to believe you have knowledge about the situation there that's not available to the rest of us. As my great grandmother was a full blood Whapahoo I also appreciate what the government did to the American Indians; however, that analogy makes no sense. Who will turn the natural resourses of Iraq, the oil in the ground, into money the Iraqi people can use to rebuild their country? Do the Iraqi's themselves possess the capabilities to do that? It doesn't seem so, does it. So who will assist them? That is the real question, then isn't it. Personally, I think America should take the billions of dollars we're currently spending on NASA projects and develop as many alternative energy sources to oil as possible, making the oil in the middle east worthless because, let's face it, the Muslim fundalists are really fighting to gain control of the countries there so they can control the oil in order to be able to afford the weapons that will enable them to make the world a fundamentalst Muslim world. I'm sure if you would ask all the fundementalist Muslim leaders, they would say the ultimate goal is to make the world a fundementalists Muslim world. The Iranians are pursuing their version with the vision of returning the "Persian" empire to it's glory. Oil is just the vehicle. The Iranians used their oil to purchase the nuclear weapons they're developing. The means to the wealth that will buy the arms to control, first the Middle East, all the oil, then the world. Please tell me you can see that. - a guest Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:20:28 +0100