In response to your reply to my comments- fair enough. Of course I should have accepted that of course you have an agenda, othewise you wouldn't have started this thread, right? :lol:
I still think it ties back to perspective though. No offense, but you're coming from... Lebannon, isn't it? Clearly you have no love of the US, and understandably so. I do think it makes you a bit reactionary, however.
I live in Canada and I see how it works regularly in the US firsthand. Basically, Canada is (as the erudite Homer Simpson called us) "America Jr." :lol:
While you choose to believe that one man and his government would allow (or even plan) to have 3000 people in his country killed so that he could accomplish his agenda, I do not. As flawed as the system is, and as easily as it is circumvented, the checks and balances remain. I think the current battle Bush is having with his own members in the senate (GO SENATOR MCCAIN! I love that man!
) is a perfect example of how much he
can't get away with. I mean the asshole basically wants to re-write the freaking Geneva Convention! Talk about unbelievable Hubris! Napolean had nothing on this guy!
I will thank you, however, for making me think about all of these issues once again... I've been ignoring them for far to long and it's shameful. It's nice to turn my brain on again!
Now, I'm going to throw you a bone: For your argument, maybe you should be touching upon the fact that during the events of 9/11
somebody ostensibly gave the Air Force carte blanche to shoot down any other passenger airliners that appeared to be highjacked. While the actual order never reached the Air Force pilots involved (thank god) the fact remains that either the President or the V.P gave the OK, although technically only the President holds the power to do that.
There you go. Run with it!