Re: => McCain jokes about 'killing' Iranians by getting them addicted to smoking. <= only AmerikuntsRobert wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:55:54 -0600, "_ Prof. Jonez _"
> <theprof@jonez,net > wrote:
>
>> not much of anyone wrote:
>>> Reality_Check© wrote:
>>>> McCain jokes about 'killing' Iranians by getting them addicted to
>>>> smoking.» Last year, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) joked about bombing
>>>> Iran to the theme of the Beach Boy's "Barbara Ann."
>>>
>>> How old are you? This was a popular song about 30 years ago (give
>>> or take a year).
>>>
>>> I guess you don't remember the whole Iran hostage crisis and I also
>>> guess you don't think that a country which threatens to wipe another
>>> country off the face of the earth is a threat.
>>
>>
>> US Foreign Intervention, Attacks and Invasions since Vietnam
>>
>>
>> Cuba 1963 - today - US blockades island for 39 years. Numerous
>> assassination attempts against leader. Continued actions condemned
>> by Human Rights Groups and the United Nations General Assembly.
>>
>> Australia 1973-75 - CIA interferes and manipulates free election
>> process.
>>
>> Chile 1973 - CIA backed coup ousts elected president, installs
>> military Gen. Pinochet. Decades of human rights abuses follow.
>>
>> Portugal 1974 - CIA funnels millions to destabilize and sabotage
>> NATO ally.
>>
>> Angola 1976-92 - CIA assists South Africa-backed rebels.
>>
>> Afghanistan 1979-82 - US supports, arms, trains Mujahadeen rebels
>> including rebel leader Osama Bin Laden.
>>
>> El Salvador 1980-92 - US aids government condemned for gross human
>> rights violations.
>>
>> Nicaragua 1981-92 - US directs and illegally supports contra war,
>> mines harbor. Allows open flow of narcotics into US. US actions
>> condemned by the United Nations World Court.
>>
>> Chad 1982 - US supports overthrow of government. CIA supported
>> secret police kill and torture tens of thousands.
>>
>> Libya 1982 - USA shoots down 2 Libyan jets.
>>
>> Honduras 1982 -90 - US builds bases near borders, supports and
>> supplies government that uses Death Squads against it's citizens.
>>
>>
>> Lebanon 1982-84 - US bombs and shells Muslim positions, expels PLO
>> from territory.
>>
>> Grenada 1983-84 - US military invades tiny island. 400 Grenadians
>> killed. "Gross violation" of international law condemned by United
>> Nations.
>>
>> Philippines 1986 - US supports corrupt despotic govt of Ferdinand
>> Marcos in spite of popular citizen uprising.
>>
>> Iraq 1987-88 - US supports, supplies and arms Saddam Hussein's Iraq
>> in war against Iran.
>>
>> Iran 1988 - US shoots down Iranian passenger airliner, killing 290
>> civilians. Claims it was an "accident".
>>
>> Libya 1989 - US bombs capitol Tripoli killing 55 civilians. Calls it
>> "collateral damage".
>>
>> Panama 1989 - US invades with 27,000 soldiers. Kills 3000+
>> Panamanians, kidnaps it's own installed drug-dealing leader and CIA
>> asset, Noriega. Illegal US actions condemned by nearly unanimous
>> United Nations and Organization of American States.
>>
>> Kuwait 1991 - US invades Middle East, contradicting its position by
>> intervening in inter-Arab affairs. Returns tyrannical Kuwaiti
>> Monarchy accused of human right abuses to absolute power.
>>
>> Iraq 1990 - today - US randomly bombs civilian areas. Blockades
>> Iraqi ports, allows no humanitarian or medical aid. est. 10,000
>> Iraqi's starve/die monthly as result.
>>
>> Bulgaria 1991 - CIA funnels millions to destabilize one of the first
>> freely elected governments.
>>
>> Somalia 1992-94 - US sends in humanitarian aid. Becomes involved in
>> Civil war, takes sides attacking one Mogadishu faction. Kills 500+
>> Somalis.
>>
>> Peru 1992 - 01 - US provides military support, millions of dollars
>> to corrupt Fujimori government. Drug kingpin Vladimir Montesino on
>> CIA payroll while serving as Intelligence Chief. Involved directly
>> in shooting down missionary aircraft, killing American woman and her
>> infant child.
>>
>> Colombia 1992 - present - US supports Colombian military, heavily
>> involved in drug trafficking. 1,640 pounds of cocaine lands in Ft.
>> Lauderdale Florida hidden inside Colombian Air Force cargo plane.
>> Nearly 20,000 people killed by US supported military and
>> para-military so far.
>>
>> Bosnia 1993 - U.S. naval blockade of Serbia and Montenegro.
>>
>> Haiti 1994 - US blockades island government, CIA supports military
>> coup to remove elected President Aristide, kidnaps him to the USA,
>> then forcibly re-installs Aristide as President of Haiti after he
>> agrees to US conditions of rule.
>>
>> Sudan 1998 - Unprovoked US bombs Aspirin Factory in Khartoum killing
>> civilians.
>>
>> Afghanistan 1998 - Unprovoked US missile attack kill 28 innocent
>> civilians
>>
>> Yugoslavia 1999 - US laser-guided bombs destroy Chinese Embassy in
>> Belgrade killing three innocent civilians.
>>
>> Afghanistan 2001 - US bombs and invades destroying Taliban Gov't
>> while looking supposedly for Al Qaida. Fails to find Osama bin
>> Laden. Leaves the country in ruins.
>>
>> Iraq 2003 - US unlawfully attacks, invades and occupies yet another
>> far smaller, weaker and poorer sovereign nation, slaughtering
>> 100,000+ innocent Iraqi civilians
>> in the process. After 5 years can't even stabilize and control a
>> single CITY ...
>
> You want the US government to tyrranize people you dislike -- smokers
> -- and respect the autonomy of people you like.
>
> You're a hypocrite. If you opposed tyranny, you'd oppose smoking bans.
That's a false dichotomy, from the deluded mind of a tobacco-sucking addict.