US Assault on Falluja a Crime

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Assalamu alaikum,

Poll: over 40% of Canadian teens think America is "evil"
by Arthur Weinreb, Associate Editor, Canada Free Press

June 30, 2004

Can West News Services, owners of several Canadian newspapers including the National Post as well as the Global Television Network commissioned a series of polls to determine how young people feel about the issues that were facing the country's voters. Dubbed "Youth Vote 2004", the polls, sponsored by the Dominion Institute and Navigator Ltd. were taken with a view to getting more young people involved in the political process.

In one telephone poll of teens between the ages of 14 and 18, over 40 per cent of the respondents described the United States as being "evil". That number rose to 64 per cent for French Canadian youth.

This being Canada, the amount of anti-Americanism that was found is not surprising. What is significant is the high number of teens who used the word "evil" to describe our southern neighbour. As Misty Harris pointed out in her column in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, evil is usually associated with serial killers and "kids who tear the legs off baby spiders." These teens appear to equate George W. Bush and Americans with Osama bin Laden and Hitler, although it is unknown if the teens polled would describe the latter two as being evil. Whether someone who orders planes to be flown into heavily populated buildings would fit that description would make a good subject for a future poll.

The Liberal government came into power in 1993 gushing anti-Americanism. Former Prime Minister Jean Chr?tien's communications director, Francoise Ducros, made headlines when she referred to President Bush as a moron. Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish was picked up on a boom microphone saying, "Damn Americans — I hate those bastards". Not only did Parrish not apologize for her remarks, but she later appeared on a television show hosted by alleged comedian Mike Bullard and laughed about the incident. Parrish played to the anti-Americanism of the youthful studio audience by saying that she couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't do it again.

Not only did then Prime Minister Jean Chr?tien not take any action against his staff or caucus members, he himself engaged in America-bashing. The depth of his anti-Americanism surfaced shortly after the 9/11 attacks when he blamed the arrogance and greed of the West (read the United States) for those attacks.

When Paul Martin assumed office last December, the childish cheap shots ended but, if anything, anti-Americanism became stronger.

Anti-Americanism played a prominent role in the election strategy of the Liberals. Paul Martin portrayed himself as the saviour of Canadian medicare while saying that if Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada came to power they would introduce "American-style" health care. Martin was happy to take credit for cutting taxes and eliminating the deficit during the 1990s when he was Minister of Finance, but he referred to tax cuts included in the Conservative Party platform as being "American-style tax cuts". Canadians who favour lower taxes or the private delivery of health care services or smaller governments or anything similar to what is found in the United States were called "un-Canadian" by Paul Martin.

It is therefore not surprising that a high percentage of Canadian youth think that the United States is evil. Nor is it surprising that this feeling is more pronounced in Quebec where Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe said that he would rather live under the United Nations than the Stars and Stripes. The left wing Canadian political parties, aided by their supporters in the elite media don't seem to be able to say anything positive about Canada without denigrating the United States in the process.

The poll results reflect that anti-Americanism will be solidly entrenched in future generations of Canadians. As well as listening to the propaganda espoused by their political leaders and the media, these kids have no experience with what constitutes real evil. They live in a country that much like pre-9/11 America, thinks that terrorist attacks are something that happens in other countries. And as the World War II veterans slowly die off, they have no conviction of the evil that the allies risked their lives to defeat.

With anti-Americanism playing such a prominent role in this past election campaign, it is no wonder that the United States was viewed in such a negative light.

[alhaji_aminu]

salam
I live here in the US. while that doesnt make me a spokeperson or expert for/on america, i believe it gives me the little known things about the US. True the US government is displaying an attitude which many, perhaps including myself, can call devillish. Waging illegal and immoral Wars, Supporting Isrealiethnic cleansing  on palestinians, encouraging civil strife for furthering their selfish goals. This is evil.
However, the compassionate spirit of the American people cannot be ignored. I mean this Country is the largest acceptor of refugees many whom are Muslims. The people of this nation fund many foundations which inturn allows many people to come and study here. The country that give the largest amount for aid in America, IE the american tax dollars. This nation allows 55000 people,annually, from poor countries to come and work.

In a nut shell, I believe there are 2 americas, the govt and the people. the govt is devillish the people are not.

[_Waziri_]

I believe this topic is worth debating. I am at present having too little a time at my disposal.

[EMTL]

Assalamu alaikum,

Mr. Bush Man and Mr. Tony Blunders..... deceived the World......... now

'Tony Blair conceded for the first time on Tuesday that weapons of mass destruction may never be found in Iraq, but continued to insist that Saddam Hussein had posed a grave threat.'

[Nuruddeen]

Assalamu alaikum,

The Liberal government came into power in 1993 gushing anti-Americanism. Former Prime Minister Jean Chr?tien?s communications director, Francoise Ducros, made headlines when she referred to President Bush as a moron. Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish was picked up on a boom microphone saying, "Damn Americans ? I hate those bastards". Not only did Parrish not apologize for her remarks, but she later appeared on a television show hosted by alleged comedian Mike Bullard and laughed about the incident. Parrish played to the anti-Americanism of the youthful studio audience by saying that she couldn?t guarantee that she wouldn?t do it again.

EMTL, if you like bloody morons!!!!! I repeat, bloody morons, Indeed, bloody suckers!!!!

[Dave_McEwan_Hill]

The biggest problem with America is the ignorance most Americans have of the rest of the world and the fact that they believe too easily what their Government tells them.
America's behaviour in Afghanistan and Iraq has been truly evil. The people of America have been persuaded by their President that what they have been doing is good and many accept this without thinking it out for themselves.
What ever happened to our friend of a few months ago, Jack Fulcher?

[EMTL]

Assalamu alaikum,
US President George Bush has reportedly acknowledged for the first time that he has miscalculated post-war conditions in Iraq.



The New York Times quoted Bush as saying during a 30-minute interview that he made "a miscalculation of what the conditions would be" in post-war Iraq.

   

But he insisted that the 17-month-long battle against resistance forces was the unintended by-product of a "swift victory" against Saddam Hussein's military, the Times reported on Thursday.

   

Bush said his strategy had been "flexible enough" to respond.



"We're adjusting to our conditions" in places like Najaf, the paper quoted him as saying.

   

The Times said Bush deflected further inquiries as to what had gone wrong with the occupation.



US casualties

   

According to the Pentagon, 969 US troops have died in Iraq since the invasion, 828 of them since 30 April 2003. An additional 6,690 service members have been wounded, most of them during the occupation.




Nearly 1000 US troops have been
killed since the invasion


In an interview published on Friday in USA Today, Bush said that Americans would re-elect him to a second term even if they disagree with his decision to invade Iraq.

   

Bush said voters "know who I am and I believe they're comfortable with the fact that they know I'm not going to shift principles or shift positions based upon polls and focus groups."



Bush told USA Today that "the American people have seen me make the hardest of decisions. That's just going to have to be a part of their decision-making process."

   

Nuclear concerns



In the Times interview, the president also discussed the issue of North Korea and Iran's nuclear ambitions, saying that he would not be rushed to set deadlines.

   

The newspaper said "Bush displayed none of the alarm about North Korea's growing arsenal that he once voiced regularly about Iraq."

 

It quoted him as saying about the leaders of North Korea and Iran: "I don't think you give timelines to dictators." Bush told the Times he would continue diplomatic pressure.

   

"I'm confident that over time this will work - I certainly hope it does," the newspaper quoted Bush as saying of the diplomatic approach.

[mlbash]

THE MOST TERRIBLE SITUATION IS WHEN THEY FINISHED THEIR TERRORIST ATTACK ON INNOCENT PEOPLE, THEY SAY IS WRONG COMPILATION OF SECRETS REPORTS! NO APOLOGY TO ANYONE, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SUPER POWERS!

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Report: No WMD stockpiles in Iraq
CIA: Saddam intended to make arms if sanctions ended
Thursday, October 7, 2004 Posted: 10:50 AM EDT (1450 GMT)

Charles Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group, testifies Wednesday at a Senate Armed Services committee hearing. Says: Saddam Hussein did not possess stockpiles of illicit weapons at the time of the U.S. invasion in March 2003 and had not begun any program to produce them, a CIA report concludes.

[mallamt]

The uS is not just knowing that Saddam did not have any WMDs they knew months (maybe years) before the war, all the reports are just political, we will soone be feed with an suggestion that Bush and Bliar went to war on the basis of the information from their intelligence agencies and as heads of their govt had to act based on those reports, now if the report are wrong then the agencies have a problem, and so it is not their fault.  The war was unjust, wrong and has made the world a really unsafe place

[dan kauye]

there are too many answers to d question why we all think US ..just d name itself oozes evil..period!

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Assalamu alaikum,

In the news.........BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi security forces, backed by U.S. Marines and troops, Tuesday launched a series of raids on seven mosques in Ramadi, the U.S. military said.

[alhaji_aminu]

I am going to say only one word on this topic: PROPAGANDA!

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Iraqis may sue US over invasion

Around 15,000 Iraqis have been killed since the 2003 invasion

A US report stating Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction after 1991 should pave the way for Iraqis to sue US-led forces for invading the country, an Iraqi politician has said.


Iyad al-Samarrai of the Iraqi Islamic Party said on Thursday that the report, drafted by the chief US weapons inspector in Iraq, Charles Duelfer, proves the war was "not legitimate".

"All the information available before the war showed that [president] Saddam Hussein had put an end to his [weapons] programme," he said.

"These weapons were used as a pretext by the US and British governments to invade Iraq."

He added: "We have the right to demand compensation and the withdrawal of the occupation forces."

Apology demanded

Suha Said, a member of the Iraqi interim parliament, said "now that the WMD file is closed, it's only natural that Washington should compensate the Iraqi people for all the damage inflicted since April 9, 2003".

"The United States should now pull their troops out of Iraq and present a formal apology to the Iraqi people," she added.

The US report found that Iraq's nuclear capability, far from being reconstituted as the US had insisted before the war, was "decaying rather than being preserved" and would have taken years to rebuild.

In the build-up to the March 2003 invasion, US President George Bush had called Iraq a "gathering threat". The leaked report on Wednesday said Iraq was actually a diminishing threat.

A British report by Lord Robin Butler released in July had already charged that Prime Minister Tony Blair had taken his country to war on "very thin" grounds.
 
Bush's credibility

Former UN weapons inspector in Iraq Hans Blix had also condemned the war, arguing that Saddam's Iraq was never proven to possess WMD.

The report reaches the same conclusion and explains that Iraq had given up its weapons programme after the 1991 Gulf War and had not revived it when the invasion was launched in March 2003.

"We have the right to demand compensation and the withdrawal of the occupation forces"

"This report adds nothing new," said Jassim Muhammad Salem, an editorialist for al-Mada daily.

"The invasion was not motivated by the weapons of mass
destruction. Even [US President George] Bush and [Defence Secretary Donald] Rumsfeld admitted they wanted to start implementing their plan for a Greater Middle East," he said.

He was referring to a plan touted by Bush's administration as a solution to reform and democratise the Middle East but has been perceived by many as an aggressive imperialist bid.

Interim parliament member Abbas al-Bayati said the new report could also undermine Bush's credibility and benefit his Democrat rival in the 2 November presidential elections.


AFP

[EMTL]

The US Army is poised to continue its merciless attrocities of killing innocent Iraqis. The bombings of children and defenceless people in Falluja is an injustice. Allah Ya isa!!!!!!