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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Its in the name of ending this anti-US bashing by some members here. It is not meant to offend anyone here.
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Most of the people I know in Europe have no issue with the US as a country or her people only with the Bush administration who have systematically and cynically ill-used the troops and resources under their command to further their pursuit of power and business interests.
A Government who are the first to cut the size of the military budget when things get tough in "bean counter land" and ban their media from telling the truth about how many body bags are coming home. A Government who flout international law, lie about the reasons for going to war, torture and restrict at will. A Government who cherry-picks items from international conventions to suit their needs rather than adhering to the spirit or letter of them. A government who rewrite the constitution of their country at will, bend and twist international agreements to suit their aims & flagrantly defy international law. By their illegal and immoral actions it is they who have brought the brave men and women of the US armed forces and indeed the country as a whole into disrepeute.
One of the main reasons we went into Iraq was on humanitarian grounds "apparently" to stop the torture inflicted by the "evil" regime of Saddam and yet here we are merrily torturing prisoners in our own backyard, how far we have come, where will this madness end?