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Old 07-10-2008, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Comrade Joe View Post
Well they are not my enemy they are neither my friend. There are lots of governments and political parties i have similar feelings about. The United States is a cruel regime, they may be "the great enemy of mankind", but they are not my personal enemy. It is not my job to change them. The same for Zimbabwe, China even Israel, they are cruel in their own way, unjust in their own way. I still maintain they are no personal enemy of mine.
Personal enemy maybe not, but if someone asked me if the taliban/Saudi regime/Bush's administration/Mugabe etc... are my enemy I'd say yes, the enemy of the people is my enemy also. But I'm not saying it's our job to change the regime, certainly not through war.
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