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In reply to the discussion: Our very selective outrage over "moral obscenities" [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)especially since our country was responsible. I don't recall any statements from Kerry when the rest of the world was expressing outrage.
If repulsive human rights violations is the reason for our 'rush to war' again, I have a LIST.
So why Syria? Compared to other parts of the world, even with this attack, and they do not know who is responsible until the UN completes its inspection, there are places were human rights abuses of mammoth proportions are happening every day.
And what will a military attack do to make it better? Kill MORE people, like we did in Iraq?
The US helped Saddam Hussein eg, when he gassed his own people.
Right now the US is turning as blind eye towards horrendous human violations in Bahrain.
Not to mention our War Criminals. They killed far more innocent people with WMDs, over one million.
So what gives us the moral authority to be 'outraged' at anyone else before we clean up our own act??
Hans Blix says that the 'US is not the world's policeman'. That they are doing now what they did in Iraq, rushing in before the the UN report.
And we all know how that turned out.
I am completely opposed to this new war, I do not believe for a minute it is about what happened in Syria. Not for one minute. We don't care about people being hit with WMDs or Chemical Weapons .We USED them against the Iraqis, I saw photos of the bodies.
IF Kerry was 'really disturbed' about this, he would have been horrified when his own country did it.
This is how judge someone's sincerity, not by their words, by their actions.