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**cokLoolioli** · 01-29-2007, 07:17 PM

Well, America is not without blame. It was the Administration (or whatever government authority it was), who handed the guy over to Syria, a country who is supposedly a member of the "Axis of Evil"... apparently that's no hindrance in working with them, I see.

And I don't think it's about "hating America" (at least, not for me). It's about expecting more from a Democratic and civilized country, to actually uphold it own laws and not bypass them by shipping people off to cruel and brutal dictatorships like Syria. It's wrong of Syria, sure, but it's more to be expected of them to do this kind of thing, than it is of the US.

The "axis of evil" was Iran, Iraq, North Korea. Bush never included Syria, although maybe they should be.

01-29-2007, 07:17 PM	#35
cokLoolioli Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 562 Senior Member	Well, America is not without blame. It was the Administration (or whatever government authority it was), who handed the guy over to Syria, a country who is supposedly a member of the "Axis of Evil"... apparently that's no hindrance in working with them, I see. And I don't think it's about "hating America" (at least, not for me). It's about expecting more from a Democratic and civilized country, to actually uphold it own laws and not bypass them by shipping people off to cruel and brutal dictatorships like Syria. It's wrong of Syria, sure, but it's more to be expected of them to do this kind of thing, than it is of the US. The "axis of evil" was Iran, Iraq, North Korea. Bush never included Syria, although maybe they should be.
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