Bomb attacks in Turkey

I support the USA, it seems like these people who burned the USA flag In london were supporting the view of Saddam. These people had nothing to do with the war so them.

Why was it scandelous?
Why should you support saddam if you do burn flags?
Why do ppl think that if your against bush you are pro-saddam?

These are silly, ungrounded, pathetic arguments!!1

Well...explain why then?

Vienna - I think Mad Caddie was suggesting, correctly IMO, that anyone nowadays who is anti-war, or anti-bush is automatically branded pro Saddam. I mean shit, some democratic society we live in - it's basically saying "you either agree with America/The Coalition, or you're with the enemy". It's not that black and white. It's entirely possible to be anti-saddam (like anyone in their right mind would be) and, at the same time, hold the opinion that the war was illegal, unjustified, that Bush has unleashed massive chaos unto the world and that the US have much to answer for. The only people that would see this as being "pro saddam" are media brainwashed sheep. Baaah.

Uhh...what a question to ask :-\ Everything I would of thought?

It has to do with the american people because the majority of them are only given a view of the world supplied to them by an overtly pro-republican/pro-bush/pro-war media. As a result they, as a people, are becomingly increasinly self-assured of their position of might and power and authority in the world, and for the most part, never think to question it (for fear of being branded a bleeding heart left wing Saddam lover *sigh*)

And it has to do with America, the nation, cos.......well I don't think that even needs explaining. It's the American nation who initiated the war, it's the American nation who are partially responsible for fuelling much of the hate for the West. I'd concede that we were never in the good books with that part of the world in the first place, but recent events (i.e. a big friggin illegal war) haven't exactly helped have they.

do you know any americans? i have to say nonetheless that is one of the most ridiculous unintelligent comments ive had the displeasure of reading on this forum.

Ha, I know plenty of Americans: my dad, my aunts, my uncles, my cousins, friends, friends of friends. Don't assume anything.

And don't assume either that you are in a position to label anyone unintelligent when you support an utterly moronic post like:


"I support the USA, it seems like these people who burned the USA flag In london were supporting the view of Saddam. These people had nothing to do with the war so them"

If my post was so ridiculously unintelligent then tear it down point by point and tell me why I'm wrong, and you're right.

**Edit, okay, I took out the point about grammar and spelling cos I read it again and it makes sense - it's only fair play, and I'm not a complete asshole

I know lots of americans - they all live in America and like chimp_spanner says they have a blinkered assessment of their government because they are not exposed to the outside world -as they would be if they lived elsewhere.
Any opinion that differs from yours, is unitelligent is it?
I think chimp_spanner has summed it up right.

I was amazed to hear Jack Straw say that because of all the support over 50 odd years that Turkey had given to UK, our government are going to do their best to 'fast track' them into EU membership!
They have not been accepted thus far because of their terrible record on human rights - has this record now become irrelevant?