How the heck did we get to talking politics again?
This topic really needs its own thread!
*goes off to make one*
Originally posted by copycat
Good to read there are still Americans who know why the Europeans ('cept the British government, the Spanish government and a lot of Eastern (formerly USSR)-countries, but they don't know any better yet) oppose the war in Iraq.
All of you must be REALLY naive if you think the europeans oppose the war in Iraq on some peace-loving pacifict principles. The europeans or the UN didn't lift a finger to stop wars or massacres much closer to their home than this one (ie. Afganistan).
The truth is, most of the war opposition in europe and other countries is lead by Islamic groups, who use it as a cause to attack not only the US but Israel as well. The way Islam is spreading in Europe, It's not surprising that the largest opposition to the war is in France, where the largest concentration of muslims is.
Just think about it - if it's only the welfare of the Iraqi people they're after, wouldn't they want to see them released from a tyrant like Saddam, whose been known to use mass destruction weapons against his own citizens? And why did some countries in Europe refuse the US initiative to send aid to Iraq, saying it would go against the anti-war position? don't they care about the Iraqies more?
The Islamic leaders of the anti-war protest are using the liberal-pacifict tendencies of the european public opinion for their own purposes.
If it's not so, why would they go out to ram Israel, a country which isn't even involved in this war?
The protest leaders would not admit so public, but I've seen the signs they carry in those anti-war demonstrations, blaming Israel for the war. Some Islamic/Arab extremists even go to saying the jews in the white house are behind the war. It's probably the same people who blamed 9/11 on the jews (yes, there are people like that). This is a bitter reminder for darker days, when the jews were blamed for causing WWI (and later WWII)
