My point is, that this sick ideology of militant islam is comming from the very thing you think it is alright for them to create, a Theocracy. Islam having Governmental power is the problem.
There is no such thing as different systems being better for different people. The best system for mankind and has been shown all through out history is a system that allows man to pursue his own happiness through reason. In other words a system that protects individual rights. Just look at Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, etc. Just because you are not from the west does not mean this system isn't the best system. Hong Kong is a perfect example of this.
It doesn't have to be identicle to our political system but they need something pretty close.
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We haven't even figured out why Iraq was invaded. But we do know that we have arsed that up quite spectacularly. Without knowing why we are at war, we don't know what our objectives are.
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I have no idea the real reason Bush choose to invade Iraq, and I do not believe this has anything to do with wether it was a just war or not.
The fact is Iraq did pose a threat through supporting terrorism and he did have the capacity to build WMD even if he did not have them.
This being said Iran would have been a much better target, we are going to eventually have to knock them out (or there will have to be a popular revolution) if we intend to win the "war on terror" which is in fact the war on Militant Islam.
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You've changed your statements while I was replying. Therefore, I didn't see this. It was immoral to nuke Japan. Burning women and children makes me sick to my stomache but at the same time, you're talking to a man who was prepared to allow just that to happen. More than that, I was prepared to allow my family to be burned. Hypocrit? Most certainly but the very nature of war, in WWII and during the Cold War, was complete victory or complete defeat. There was no middle ground.
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Burning women and children makes everyone sick to their stomach, in fact I would be very suspicious about anyone who it doesn't.
My point is that the Japanese Government bears ALL responsibility for the deaths caused by that war.