NASA set to launch spacecraft to Pluto

"wbarwell" wrote in message
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Any problems with malnutrition was because of the inadequacy
of the sanctions to deal with hunger, despite years of complaints from
human rights and medical groups to the US and the UN over this exact
issue.

And, since said sanctions were in place because of Saddam's refusal to keep
his word, the responsibility goes *right back to him*. The Iraqi people have
no inherent right to trade with the US or any other nation- we were under no
obligation to help them or even acknowledge them. Their plight was
*Saddam's* fault, and no amount of apologizing for him will change that.

If there was any moral failing involving sanctions, it was with those who
willingly assisted Saddam, which includes the UN for refusing to enforce its
resolutions. This explains a lot about why Russia, France and Germany did
not support doing the right thing and fulfill the UN resolutions, since they
had been trading with him, in clear violation of UN sanctions. Fortunately,
the United States, Britain and a few other countries were willing to take
over when the UN blew it.

You may want to read up on this before further bloviations.

"wbarwell" wrote in message
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Saddam never had a chance to touch a penny.

That's because US troops found hundreds of thousand of dollars or more that
he hid in various places around Baghdad. Stacks of US currency walled up and
hidden in floors or even buried. http://www.slate.com/id/2091857

No, Saddam wasn't touching *pennies* because he had plenty of Benjamins to
play with.

NASA could better spend that money right here by helping make America abetter law abiding society.

The US govt should first clean up the problems here in America before it goes spending billions of dollars on Pluto. LOL


Rand Simberg wrote:

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:01:18 -0600, in a place far, far away, wbarwell
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such
a way as to indicate that:

It doesn't include the people who were dying of disease and
malnutrition because Saddam diverted Oil for Food money to palaces,
weapons and bribes to UN Security Council members.


That did not happen. Them money was held in banks and
Saddam could not touch a penny.

OK, you're nuts.

You are incredibly ignorant.
Iraq sent out oil, money was deposited
in banks NOT IN IRAQ.
Food and goods were sent in, and the
money to pay for them came from the afformentioned
banks.

Saddam never had a chance to touch a penny.

You are wrong and stupid too.
Mostly stupid.

Incurably it looks like.

This is typical of a leftist. If you disagree with them, you're not
just wrong, you're immoral.

Have you read nothing about the "Oil for Food" scandal, and the UN and
other officials who've had to resign over it? Or do you just think it
all western imperialist lies?

Here. Do a little reading.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Oil+F...en-US:official

Rand Simberg wrote:

That's not the most moronic post I've seen lately, but it's most
moronic post that's been addressed to me in this newsgroup in many
weeks.

Your response to an obvious troll from soc.culture.usa, and likely
successful attempt to start a flame war, likely upstages that by a wide
margin.

(cross-post to soc.culture.usa removed.)

--
Dave Michelson

"Reporting" wrote in message
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NASA could better spend that money right here by helping make America
abetter law abiding society.

If NASA spent the money any way other than authorized by Congress, it would
be breaking the law. Do you advocate breaking the law in order to get others
to abide by the law?

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:41:01 GMT, in a place far, far away, Reporting
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

NASA could better spend that money right here by helping make America abetter law abiding society.

The US govt should first clean up the problems here in America before it goes spending billions of dollars on Pluto. LOL

That's not the most moronic post I've seen lately, but it's most
moronic post that's been addressed to me in this newsgroup in many
weeks.