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I don´t know why I apologised for going offtopic - TheHandsom and Melek who keep telling me I am going off topic, were discussing genocide on this thread, NOT american presidents!!!

Well, according to some historians on this site, genocide and American presidents do go together!!

I wasn´t discussing anything, I just made a sarcastic jab at Tami.

AE said...."Strange - these are the same people who voted Bush back into power with a majority at the previous election to this "

Well there have been a lot of talk about that...."Was the 2004 Election Stolen?"

AE said...."Actually OUR opinion does matter - it is what democracy is all about or should I say SUPPOSED TO BE about."

..........it seems many have forgotten that..........but we also need to be engaged...which means educating ourselves about issues.......Really, it´s sad many do not have the resources to educate themselves...then too many are just too lazy.  Like, It´s not an accident things are so complicated....like mortgage contracts...the fine print...

Basically going around and accusing USA and UK  in Iraq with  genocide is abit baseless..

It will bring more harm to you as a person and to what you are trying to say..

Agreed. There are specific criteria by which genocide is defined established by the United Nations after World War II. Calling any military conflict a genocide is indicative of the lack of understanding of what genocide is.

And for AE and Tami - the above does NOT indicate I approve of any military conflict.

 None of my posts were saying that (as I made clear) - I can´t speak for others though - and frankly can understand to some degree why they find the UK and USA as poor judges or what is "genocide" bearing in mind the colonial history of the UK.

The US senete should have followed those rules before declaring the Armenian killings as genocide eh?

 I believe vineyards sited a websters definition.....and a very good post, might I add.

Exactly..

It is a bit ´thin´ to go around and scream your head ´it is a genocide´.. 

There are certain criterias even they are not agreed upon by everybody..However Vineyards explained the definition quite briefly up there..

But as you said.. That is not approval of the invasion of Iraq.. 

That is where people are jumping into WRONG conclusion!!