[“None of us had arms and we were not able to resist the attack.” One under-armed villager lamented: “I tried to take my spear to protect my family, but they threatened me with a gun, so I stopped. The six Arabs then raped my daughter in front of me, my wife and my other children.”]
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Xel2006-08-22 14:29
"I don't care if they use terror & rape against civilians since their governments are 99% of the time going to be doing the same, or worse. If the USA arms them, its very likely for a damn good reason." Ah. If you'll just provide prrof now we can wrap this up.
"Elaborate." What I mean is that while the white market for guns supplies mostly to realtors in developed countries mostly, the black market has no qualms about whom it deals with. Asking America to put a foot down on those inside its borders that supply developing nations with guns that may or may not be used in an acceptable manner has nothing to do with capitalists who are doing nothing wrong, nor their consumers.
"Anyway, if this is your criteria for whether or not a fight/struggle/war is just or not, I guess you must think the USA shouldn't have taken Saddam Hussein out of power, since we no doubt terrorized civilians here and there. Hell, I think we even have a rape case on our hands from Iraq too." Saddam Hussein was a proven undemocratic leader who used terror, and I can't disapprove of his removal. But this was self-defense between one nation and another, not a resistance from within the borders. This rape case you speak of was never an objective of the American army, so the comparison doesn't necessarily comport with any real situation. By the way, she was 14 years old and her name - Abeer- means 'fragrance of flowers'. Very poorly planned and executed self-defense at that.
"Put it in words. I'm not gonna bother trying to understand this otherwise. This isn't math class." You can be pro-gun control to a degree while still being pro-freedom. It all depends on whether you breach laissez-faire/civil principles or not.