Quote:I have to say...  THIS IS A LIE!  We fought off the russians and gave afghan back to the afghan people.  We fought of sadam and gave kuwait back tot he Kuwaities.  We gave Iraq back to Iraq.  We didn't even take the oil resources that we could have taken that is now being used to fund the largest terror group in history.  We spend billions of dollars defending Saudi Arabia.  

 

Those aren't acts of imperialism!

 

I'll make it really simple, there is a young girl in Iraq.  She just woke up this morning.  She is probably about 9-10 years old.  her life now is as a sex slave.  No matter how much she kicks no matter how much she screams she is going to be rapped, over and over and over again.  As she is lying there feeling their hot breath on her skin, being violated in ways that she isn't even old enough to understand, what imperial sins are you going to accuse her of?  Did she inspire bush?  Was she in on the meetings with [BAD WORD REMOVED] Cheyne?  

 

There's a woman in Saudi Arabia that wishes she could go to work without her fathers permission.  She wishes that she could drive a car.  Is she being punished because she worked at the state department?

 

There is a gay man in Qatar that is about to be thrown off of a building.  Are you going to tell him that it's ok, he deserves it because he worked at the state department.  

 

Trying to excuse these acts or worse, blame the US is frankly despicable and you should be ashamed of yourself sir.

 

You have to separate out the question of what is true from the question of what they are thinking.   If the question is, why are they doing this, then you have to ask, what are they thinking.   What they think may not necessarily be what is true.  

 

I understand your patriotism and love of the United States.   I feel the same way.   But that's not the question.   The question is, why are they doing what they are doing?   And to answer that, you have to put yourself in their heads.  

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