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tabatha

(18,795 posts) Fri Dec 23, 2011, 09:04 PM Dec 2011

Michael Moore's statement about Syria

(in May, but still relevant)

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Michael Moore's statement about Syria (Original Post) tabatha Dec 2011 OP

right on! Change Happens Dec 2011 #1

How interesting that he didn't say these things about Saddam Hussein. David__77 Dec 2011 #2

He said stuff like that about Hussein, but remember, Hussein was a puppet. joshcryer Dec 2011 #4

Wow, more people need to see that. joshcryer Dec 2011 #3

Change Happens

(1,559 posts)

1. right on!

Reply to tabatha (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 09:07 PM

Dec 2011

David__77

(23,372 posts)

2. How interesting that he didn't say these things about Saddam Hussein.

Reply to tabatha (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 09:41 PM

Dec 2011

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joshcryer

(62,269 posts)

4. He said stuff like that about Hussein, but remember, Hussein was a puppet.

Reply to David__77 (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 09:56 PM

Dec 2011

Assad, not being so much a puppet of the US, doesn't merit the typical progressive "but we made him that way" analogy. So you might be remembering his Hussein criticisms wrongly.

Meanwhile Hussein wasn't undergoing a civil war or an insurgency and thus there was no real comparison. Bush's invasion into Iraq was completely unilaterally, even when Hussein invited inspectors to stay, and they were told to leave by Bush himself.

joshcryer

(62,269 posts)

3. Wow, more people need to see that.

Reply to tabatha (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 09:49 PM

Dec 2011

Good for Michael Moore.

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