Re: The UK march agaimst Bush

Matthew Huntbach <mmh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In uk.culture.language.english professor vonroach
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> > On 18 Nov 2003 13:28:55 GMT, Matthew Huntbach <mmh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > wrote:
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> >>I am suggesting that exactly the same ambiguity over the intentions of
> >>the forces in Northern Ireland occurs in Iraq - are they really there
just
> >>to "keep the peace" or are they there to further USA interests? If
> >>they are there as occupiers to further American interests, then
terrorist
> >>attacks against them and against the USA are just as justfiable as
> >>terrorists attacks against British fores in Northern Ireland and
> >>terrorist attacks on British cities were justifiable. 
>  
> > Of course, you as an intelligent fellow know that is a heap of
> > rubbish. Perhaps your hatred of America leads you to such a
> > prejudicial position. 
> 
> I am suggesting that the arguments that were used by many Americans,
> including plenty of leading politicians, to justify sup****t for the
> Sinn Fein terrorist sup****t movement, could equally well be used today
> to justify sup****t for terrorist action against the USA. I didn't say
> I agreed with those arguments. But I wonder if some of those Americans
> who sup****ted IRA terrorism in the past, arguing that British squaddies
> killing innocent citizens, and detention without trial for terrorist
> suspects, meant terrorism was justified, would at least now that the USA
> is facing terrorism itself and reacting similarly (or rather, much more
> belligerently) have the deceny to say to us Brits "Sorry, now we see
> what you meant, we were wrong to sup****t terrorism against your
country".
> 
> Matthew Huntbach


There is no doubt that there is hyprocracy in the US foreign policy.
Though I think if you look at those of who where sup****ting the Irish
republicans in the US they would tend to be Anti-War so I think the
hyprocracy is not valid.

Though where I see the hyprocracy is how US and now it looks like
British members of Al-Qaeda will get a trial. Even though Al-Qaeda had
nothing to do with the pre emtive strike against Iraq. No doubt the US
government has become an imperialist nation considering that they
could have been considered terrorists after fighting against British
imperialism in the war of independance. It must also realize that
internment, killing innocent civilians and other imperalist actions
only increase so called terrorist sup****t. It seams Britian and the US
are making the exact same mistakes in Iraq as they did in NI.