"Operation Ajax (1953) (officially TP-AJAX) was a covert operation by the United Kingdom and the United States...."
What? You mean the Brits do that stuff, too? OMG! At least they don't invade countries like those crummy Americans.... Such a peaceful history in Britain.
And, what is this I hear about the French in Algeria?
"When in 1945 the Algerian people rioted against the French colonial rule, the French dispatched 400,000 troops to pacify the anti-colonial uprising.[7][8] The French colonial forces launched an air and ground offensive against several eastern cities, particularly Setif and Guelma, in response to the anti-French riots with hundred pied noirs killed. The crackdown lasted several days and according to the Algerian state left 45,000 people dead...."
The Germans & Italians? They went along with recent CIA rendition operations, too. Funny thing is, the prisoners were sent to non-Western countries to be tortured because our governments do not allow that and that would REALLY cross the line. However, countries like Egypt, Morocco, Syria and Jordan have no problem with dreadful human rights abuses. Of course, North Korea tops the list and makes us all look angelic, I think.
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Originally Posted by Rubber Duck
And the Bush administration has the audacity to attack China over human rights!
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Originally Posted by Drewbert
Yes, but the only hard work he's doing is replacing qualified people in all levels of govt with partisan minions whose only qualification is loyalty to his agenda. Just getting rid of him won't be enough to save your country.
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I think these are the comments that I originally addressed. Our country is in no need of 'saving' and cracking down on internet gambling cannot be compared to Chinese human rights violations.
Bottom line is that our President is a born-again Christian. He was ushered in by the Evangelical Christian vote and he leaves office next year. The UK will survive the Blair administration and they survived the Thatcher administration. We will be fine, too.
Our nations have made mistakes in the past. Most of our nations learn from those mistakes. Our country is proud, strong, and wounded from this long war. We are self-critical in the USA, but it would be nice to see these DNL threads bash some other country for once.