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>Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?
>A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction,
>honey.
>Q: But the inspectors didn't find any weapons of mass
>destruction.
>A: That's because the Iraqis were hiding them.
>Q: And that's why we invaded Iraq?
>A: Yep. Invasions always work better than inspections.
>Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn't find any
>weapons of mass destruction, did we?
>A: That's because the weapons are so well hidden.
>Don't worry, we'll find something, probably right
>before the 2004 election.
>Q: Why did Iraq want all those weapons of mass
>destruction?
>A: To use them in a war, silly.
>Q: I'm confused. If they had all those weapons that
>they planned to use in a war, then why didn't they use
>any of those weapons when we went to war with them?
>A: Well, obviously they didn't want anyone to know
>they had those weapons, so they chose to die by the
>thousands rather than defend themselves.
>Q: That doesn't make sense Daddy. Why would they
>choose to die if they had all those big weapons to
>fight us back with?
>A: It's a different culture. It's not supposed to make
>sense.
>Q: I don't know about you, but I don't think they had
>any of those weapons our government said they did.
>A: Well, you know, it doesn't matter whether or not
>they had those weapons. We had another good reason to
>invade them anyway.
>Q: And what was that?
>A: Even if Iraq didn't have weapons of mass
>destruction, Saddam Hussein was a cruel dictator,
>which is another good reason to invade another
>country.
>Q: Why? What does a cruel dictator do that makes it OK
>to invade his country?
>A: Well, for one thing, he tortured his own people.
>Q: Kind of like what they do in China?
>A: Don't go comparing China to Iraq. China is a good
>economic competitor, where millions of people work for
>slave wages in sweatshops to make U.S. corporations
>richer.
>Q: So if a country lets its people be exploited for
>American corporate gain, it's a good country, even if
>that country tortures people?
>A: Right.
>Q: Why were people in Iraq being tortured?
>A: For political crimes, mostly, like criticizing the
>government. People who criticized the government in
>Iraq were sent to prison and tortured.
>Q: Isn't that exactly what happens in China?
>A: I told you, China is different.
>Q: What's the difference between China and Iraq?
>A: Well, for one thing, Iraq was ruled by the Ba'ath
>party, while China is Communist.
>Q: Didn't you once tell me Communists were bad?
>A: No, just Cuban Communists are bad.
>Q: How are the Cuban Communists bad?
>A: Well, for one thing, people who criticize the
>government in Cuba are sent to prison and tortured.
>Q: Like in Iraq?
>A: Exactly.
>Q: And like in China, too?
>A: I told you, China's a good economic competitor.
>Cuba, on the other hand, is not.
>Q: How come Cuba isn't a good economic competitor?
>A: Well, you see, back in the early 1960s, our
>government passed some laws that made it illegal for
>Americans to trade or do any business with Cuba until
>they stopped being Communists and started being
>capitalists like us.
>Q: But if we got rid of those laws, opened up trade
>with Cuba, and started doing business with them,
>wouldn't that help the Cubans become capitalists?
>A: Don't be a smart-ass.
>Q: I didn't think I was being one.
>A: Well, anyway, they also don't have freedom of
>religion in Cuba.
>Q: Kind of like China and the @!#$ movement?
>A: I told you, stop saying bad things about China.
>Anyway, Saddam Hussein came to power through a
>military coup, so he's not really a legitimate leader
>anyway.
>Q: What's a military coup?
>A: That's when a military general takes over the
>government of a country by force, instead of holding
>free elections like we do in the United States.
>Q: Didn't the ruler of Pakistan come to power by a
>military coup?
>A: You mean General Pervez Musharraf? Uh, yeah, he
>did, but Pakistan is our friend.
>Q: Why is Pakistan our friend if their leader is
>illegitimate?
>A: I never said Pervez Musharraf was illegitimate.
>Q: Didn't you just say a military general who comes to
>power by forcibly overthrowing the legitimate
>government of a nation is an illegitimate leader?
>A: Only Saddam Hussein. Pervez Musharraf is our
>friend, because he helped us invade Afghanistan.
>Q: Why did we invade Afghanistan?
>A: Because of what they did to us on September 11th.
>Q: What did Afghanistan do to us on September 11th?
>A: Well, on September 11th, nineteen men, fifteen of
>them Saudi Arabians, hijacked four airplanes and flew
>three of them into buildings,killing over 3,000
>Americans.
>Q: So how did Afghanistan figure into all that?
>A: Afghanistan was where those bad men trained, under
>the oppressive rule of the Taliban.
>Q: Aren't the Taliban those bad radical Islamics who
>chopped off people's heads and hands?
>A: Yes, that's exactly who they were. Not only did
>they chop off people's heads and hands, but they
>oppressed women, too.
>Q: Didn't the Bush administration give the Taliban 43
>million dollars back in May of 2001?
>A: Yes, but that money was a reward because they did
>such a good job fighting drugs.
>Q: Fighting drugs?
>A: Yes, the Taliban were very helpful in stopping
>people from growing opium poppies.
>Q: How did they do such a good job?
>A: Simple. If people were caught growing opium
>poppies, the Taliban would have their hands and heads
>cut off.
>Q: So, when the Taliban cut off people's heads and
>hands for growing flowers, that was OK, but not if
>they cut people's heads and hands off for other
>reasons?
>A: Yes. It's OK with us if radical Islamic
>fundamentalists cut off people's hands for growing
>flowers, but it's cruel if they cut off people's hands
>for stealing bread.
>Q: Don't they also cut off people's hands and heads in
>Saudi Arabia?
>A: That's different. Afghanistan was ruled by a
>tyrannical patriarchy that oppressed women and forced
>them to wear burqas whenever they were in public, with
>death by stoning as the penalty for women who did not
>comply.
>Q: Don't Saudi women have to wear burqas in public,
>too?
>A: No, Saudi women merely wear a traditional Islamic
>body covering.
>Q: What's the difference?
>A: The traditional Islamic covering worn by Saudi
>women is a modest yet fashionable garment that covers
>all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers.
>The burqa, on the other hand, is an evil tool of
>patriarchal oppression that covers all of a woman's
>body except for her eyes and fingers.
>Q: It sounds like the same thing with a different
>name.
>A: Now, don't go comparing Afghanistan and Saudi
>Arabia. The Saudis are our friends.
>Q: But I thought you said 15 of the 19 hijackers on
>September 11th were from Saudi Arabia.
>A: Yes, but they trained in Afghanistan.
>Q: Who trained them?
>A: A very bad man named Osama bin Laden.
>Q: Was he from Afghanistan?
>A: Uh, no, he was from Saudi Arabia too. But he was a
>bad man, a very bad man.
>Q: I seem to recall he was our friend once.
>A: Only when we helped him and the mujahadeen repel
>the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan back in the 1980s.
>Q: Who are the Soviets? Was that the Evil Communist
>Empire Ronald Reagan talked about?
>A: There are no more Soviets. The Soviet Union broke
>up in 1990 or thereabouts, and now they have elections
>and capitalism like us. We call them Russians now.
>Q: So the Soviets, I mean, the Russians, are now our
>friends?
>A: Well, not really. You see, they were our friends
>for many years after they stopped being Soviets, but
>then they decided not to support our invasion of Iraq,
>so we're mad at them now. We're also mad at the French
>and the Germans because they didn't help us invade
>Iraq either.
>Q: So the French and Germans are evil, too?
>A: Not exactly evil, but just bad enough that we had
>to rename French fries and French toast to Freedom
>Fries and Freedom Toast.
>Q: Do we always rename foods whenever another country
>doesn't do what we want them to do?
>A: No, we just do that to our friends. Our enemies, we
>invade.
>Q: But wasn't Iraq one of our friends back in the
>1980s?
>A: Well, yeah. For a while.
>Q: Was Saddam Hussein ruler of Iraq back then?
>A: Yes, but at the time he was fighting against Iran,
>which made him our friend, temporarily.
>Q: Why did that make him our friend?
>A: Because at that time, Iran was our enemy.
>Q: Isn't that when he gassed the Kurds?
>A: Yeah, but since he was fighting against Iran at the
>time, we looked the other way, to show him we were his
>friend.
>Q: So anyone who fights against one of our enemies
>automatically becomes our friend?
>A: Most of the time, yes.
>Q: And anyone who fights against one of our friends is
>automatically an enemy?
>A: Sometimes that's true, too. However, if American
>corporations can profit by selling weapons to both
>sides at the same time, all the better.
>Q: Why?
>A: Because war is good for the economy, which means
>war is good for America. Also, since God is on
>America's side, anyone who opposes war is a godless
>un-American Communist. Do you understand now why we
>attacked Iraq?
>Q: I think so. We attacked them because God wanted us
>to, right?
>A: Yes.
>Q: But how did we know God wanted us to attack Iraq?
>A: Well, you see, God personally speaks to George W.
>Bush and tells him what to do.
>Q: So basically, what you're saying is that we
>attacked Iraq because George W. Bush hears voices in
>his head?
>A. Yes! You finally understand how the world works.
>Now close your eyes, make yourself comfortable, and go
>to sleep. Good night.
>Q: Good night, Daddy.

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