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shadowsniper · 05-27-2004, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jibber

ok, i'm not even going to dignify the part about the opinions of people in foreign countries with an answer, because it was such an ignorant statement, but I will say this. Don't assume that you are the only person on this site who knows about the situation in iraq solely based on the fact that you happen to live on a military base. I'm positive that I know a lot more about the situation in the middle east, and possibly a lot more about american involvement, because I grew up on an american military base in Saudi Arabia, so I think that qualify's me to have an opinion. on to your next point. Apparently you couldn't be bothered to read shadowsniper's post, in which he gave a very accurate and informative account as to why the US will never initiate an attack on saudi arabia, so I will make this as simple and short as I can. Saudi Arabia has a lot of oil. American corporations hold a great deal of shares of the oil industry in saudi arabia. bombs in saudi arabia = america's economy going down the $hitter. if you need a more detailed account I would be happy to give a lot more information, but I have a lot of work to finish tonight and I want to keep this quick. and in closing, this thread really should be moved to the lounge, even though it was intended to be more about how music deals with the issue of american politics, it hasn't panned out, for better or for worse. actually I lied, my last point is actually this. I do generally agree more with democratic candidates, but in this particular matter, I don't believe kerry is a particularly good candidate. I think he's better than bush for sure, but that's not saying much, and I think its truly a tragedy that the most powerful nation in the world is forced to choose between the lesser of two evils so to speak. Now, on this ONE topic (ie the presidential election) you are entitled to say that my opinion doesn't matter, because I'm not a US citizen, but I will give my two cents. If you want Bush out of power, don't vote nadar, it will only take votes away from the democrats, so vote kerry. If you know you want bush out of power, but you truly believe that kerry is a horrible option, simply refuse your ballot. it will send a much clearer message than if you simply settle for the lesser of two evils. having said that, I'm actually going to end my post so I can get some work done.

Nicely done Jibber. I wont write much. I just really agree with what you said and its really cool that you were born in, hm, I guess in the US if its on a US base? Well its cool that you have been in other places than just the US. I guess we can make another thread in the lounge, but I guess it should be about something else. We get the sense that alot of people dont agree with Bush but I just wanted to write a mammoth post about the history of it. Even though I am turning 18 in like 1 week, I know more than half the people older than me if not more. Waw, I sound arrogant. Done with that, lol. Its just sad to me. I dont know what the previous guy was bringing up though. He has no clue it seems and is pulling things out of his A$$. Twisted mentality for sure. Yeah, I would love to vote for Nader if I was American, but I wouldnt for this election. American politics are messed up, its not like other democratic countries where you have the primaries and then the top 2 go head to head. It makes it the "lesser of 2 evils" like that. So anyways, nice debate. Thankx Jibber, had good info by the way. Laterz.