Quote:
Originally posted by spalind:
Yes, as a matter of fact I do believe an American life is worth more than Iraqi, Iranian, Russian, Chinese, whatever you wanna put in theres life...evidently then if we are all equal why don't we just roll over and let the radical muslims/communists/anarchists/etc., etc., come in and take over everybody..that would be the most sensible answer right?? NOBODY dies in that case...better yet...why dont we all convert to radical muslims!?!?!?! that would make them happy, stop the violence and everyone could get together 3 times a day, get on our knees, face Mecca and pray and everything would be peachy keen...Jesus Fucking Christ!! Where have all the real men in this country gone?!?!?!?!?
Your rants are really entertaining.

So if an American life is more valuable, when exactly does that value kick in? Someone is worth less until he/she comes to America and earns citizenship? In the words of Charlton Heston in the old 'I love you, man' beer commercials: "Son, you frighten me."

Oddly, I agree with many of your points IF they're applied to enemy combatants. Where we differ is in your "kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out" mentality, and that most people feel some empathy for those guys getting blasted if they happened to be schmucks who got forcibly "volunteered" for Saddam's army. They're combatants, so they're fair game, but it's a shame if they got drilled through no fault of their own.

Can't remember who, but someone stated that the U.S. can't just sit by while tyrants and warlords slaughter innocent people. We do just that every day. In the end it's about money. To cite one small example, if the world's largest oil or natual gas reserve was discovered in Burundi, our government would suddenly become far more interested in making some of this right:

// Burundi: War Crimes May Go Unpunished; New Report Documents Extent of Civilian Suffering
(New York, December 22, 2003) — The Burundian military and armed opposition forces have committed serious war crimes, including civilian killings and rapes, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The recent political agreement between the major parties in Burundi’s ten-year civil war should not have granted immunity from prosecution for such blatant and widespread crimes. //

Did you know there's been a 10-year civil war in Burundi? Me neither, until I did a web search for an example. I don't like the fact that money determines where we're willing to enforce what's right, or that we send our service men and women to die overseas at all if our country isn't directly at risk. Until now, our country didn't start wars and invade other countries.

And BTW, what about the part of the video where they smoke the wounded guy? Killing enemy wounded has to be against the rules, right?