I get this question a lot from the mindless drones of the Rightwing brainless: "...but aren't you glad Saddam is gone? Huh? Aren't you happy Saddam is gone?"
I always answered this question with an "I don't care..." probably because of the weight of my opposition against the decision for invasion of Iraq our Moron president/decider DECIDED on. It was never enough. The last time I was asked this question from an absolute imbecile I answered it in a rather satisfactory way. Here it is paraphrased:
Q: "...but aren't you glad Saddam is gone? Huh?"
A: "Am I glad? I'll answer you but allow me to also answer you in the form of a question: Aren't you sad? Sad that 25 thousand Americans are injured? Aren't you sad over 3500 Americans are dead? Aren't you sad it's costing us $2 Billion a week and it is projected to cost us $1 to 2 Trillion after this is over? Aren't you...
Q: "...but you're not, you, you're not answering my ques-"
A: "I said I'll answer you. I will give you a definitive answer. I promise! I'll give you a YES or a NO."
Q: "but..."
A: "No-no, I said I will answer. ...but I need to frame it and I would like you to give me the answer, yes or no, to my questions. You can do it collectively or each one separate, now let me finish. Aren't you sad our military is broken? Aren't you sad Iran has no indigenous check on power in that region and will probably have a huge influence over the man who ultimately takes charge? Aren't you sad we lost our moral high ground because of Abu Ghraib? Aren't you sad we're losing allied troops by the thousands in Iraq? Aren't you sad we can no longer be trusted after we had the whole world behind us on September 12th, 2001? Aren't you sad we're responsible for 2 million Iraqi refuges? Aren't you sad our troops die from "flowers and candy"? The answer isn't that [I don't care], it's not no, it's FUCK NO! I'm NOT HAPPY, DAMN YOU!
I didn't get the answers to any of my questions, however.
Rightards are pretty rude after all.
-g.
