My opinions on the Iraq situation are based almost solely on reading various articles and, of course, watching news on TV. I don’t know how else I can gather facts on the matter, other than becoming a high-ranking politician.
Allegedly, France, Russia, Germany, and China all do billions of dollars worth of business every year. Germany is suspected of selling banned equipment to Iraq.
This stuff is all over the news…I’d have a hard time believing all of it is false.
Has anyone considered the possibility that “Clint in Wichita” may just be someone who doesn’t like America and wants to reinforce the “dumb boorish ugly American” stereotype?
“Stereotype”…exactly.
Kinda like the smelly Frenchman stereotype.
clint, the “dumb boorish ugly american” stereotype dosent exist.
why do you insist on using the “smelly Frenchman” one?
Yeah, that thought did cross my mind too. I post on another board where that happens a lot. However, it’s been my experience that most trolls who do that sort of thing have trouble faking American English, and Clint sounds like a genuine American. Regardless, Clint, your posts reinforce pretty much every conceivable ugly stereotype about Americans, so if you geniunely don’t like to see your country criticized, you might stop giving people ammo.
BTW, I’m off to Amsterdam for the first time on Saturday, so I’m glad to see it’s getting such brilliant reviews 
How long are you going to be in town? Need a tour guide for a night?
Hey Clint, your stupid is showing…
I’ve been to Kansas and I’ve been to France.
France is better.
I’m not sure because I’m still figuring out where else I want to go, but definitely the 2nd through 5th, and probably another day or two before I fly out on the 18th. Sure, I’d love a tour guide for a night if any of those dates work.
You’ve been to Coldfire’s underpants?
What the fuck is with this attitude? Isn’t it possible at all to give Clint the well-deserved smackdown he needs without bashing Kansas? Do you even really know anything about actually living in my State? 
Why is anyone surprised at Clint being a zenophobic fuck? This is the same asshole who justified the killing of palestian children with the comment that “nits make lice”.
Where’s the jaw-drop smiley when you need it?
I retract my conciliatory tone.
I had a very bad experience hitchhiking through Topeka in 1984, and I’ve detested the place ever since.
I can only imagine how bad an experience one can have whilst hitching. I have everything but sympathy for you, and anything you suffered. I am profoundly sorry for any hurt you have had here.
But, with all due respect to you, is that the fault of Kansas? Or the people (in general usage of the term) who live here? Hasn’t much of this thread been fighting the very attitude that a country and a people are not defined by a few stereotypes and bad apples in the bunch?
My point, dear gobear, is how can Clint be decried for bashing France, while Kansas, the State and the people who live there, is bashed as well?
Am I misunderstanding things here? Is it really OK now that we’ve reached the latter pages of the thread to make fun of some cultures, peoples, and lands, so long as they are “funny” or “different”? And I’m the only one who cares about the inequity here? Didn’t the piece I wrote back on page 4 (or whatever) apply to more than one place?
That’s why I’m posting. Like the Lorax who speaks up for the trees, I guess it’s my job to speak up for Kansas.
I do apologize for hurting your feelings, and I retract my comments about your home state.
Alright, I’ll send you an e-mail and we’ll work things out.
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Is this a colloquialism or a freudian slip?
Pretty funny, either way.
Holy shit, that’s not what I meant! I meant that I have nothing but sympathy for gobear. Jesus Christ, I’m just glad he’s a person who doesn’t assume I mean ill of him. Sorry gobear! :eek:
No worries, Anthracite. I know you and I knew it was just a typo. Hugs.
Most of it isn’t false, it’s just not complete, and ignores the role that US firms may or may not have had in selling to and buying from Iraq.
But some of it is pure crap. Remember the babies being killed in Kuwait by Iraqi soldiers before the Gulf war? Made up in toto.
Here’s the cite