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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cartman: [QB] [i]"The rich pay nearly all the taxes in this country."[/i] Do they? The rich comprise only 1% of the population, yet control 45% of all wealth in the US. Numbers, please. In any case, taxes SHOULD be distributed such that the rich pay more than the poor. [i]"You can't give the poor tax cuts because they're not paying taxes to begin with. Further, why would it be bad to take less income from the rich? What do they do with their money that you find so objectionable?"[/i] Something tells me you're not going to embrace the POV of a socialist or of anyone leaning less to the right than you do, so I'll just save both of us the time and trouble and skip this point. [i]"Who says we don't under this administration, and who says we've stopped?"[/i] The list of candidates for humanitarian intervention hasn't been shortened much since Bush took office: Iran Chile North Korea Guatemala Laos Liberia Cambodia Angola El Salvador Libya Bolivia Colombia Venezuela Zimbabwe Combating terrorism != a foreign policy of humanitarian intervention. If Bush is really so anxious to clean up after himself and showcase his devotion to the welfare of others, he's still got his work cut out for him. That is, assuming he even wins a second term. Besides, how many more wars do you think your "powerful" economy can sustain, anyway? [i]"First, there's still some chance of a diplomatic solution. Second, they have nukes, and missiles that can hit densely populated cities. Shoot, even without the nukes the missiles are bad enough. Even if diplomacy fails, it'd be in everyone's best interest to put that war off as long as possible, because the longer we wait the closer we are to having working theatre missile defense. Third, North Korea is an isolated country. Replacing its government will keep it from attacking its neighbors, and help its people, just like Iraq. Iraq becoming a stable democracy will do all those things, but it will also become an example to all the countries around it that there's a better way to do things. Further, once the job's done and we pull out, it will likely help prove our good intentions to many more in the middle east. Basically, North Korea is isolated, what happens there doesn't change anything elsewhere. Iraq can change its whole region."[/i] 1) "Some" as in "less than there was for Saddam & Co to leave Iraq before Bush's ultimatum expired". 2) Saddam allegedly had missiles aimed at every city in Israel, but that didn't stop you from mopping HIS floor. 3) Yes, aka WMDs. You know, it's ironic. Iraq didn't have nukes, but somehow was a grave threat to the US. North Korea actually HAS them, but isn't. Also, the longer you wait, the more innocent victims, which was your argument for invading Iraq. Why doesn't it apply here? 4) So because the country is isolated and not a great demonstrator for The American Way�, its people can rot away indefinitely? 5) By the way, North Korea borders on China. If there is ONE region in the world where proving your intentions might be beneficial, it's THAT one. [i]"...and the liberals will never convince the conservatives that the war was right all along."[/i] You mean wrong. Right? B) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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