better analogy

Submitted by Bonnie (United States), Apr 10, 2006 at 09:52

>>OK, let me imagine. In my house. There comes a burglar, he holds us hostage, threatenes us, basically run the house for us and appoints himself ruler. Someone outside notices what whas happening so they invaded the house and freed the people there from the burglar. The people are the Iraqis, Saddam is the burglar, and the US is the rescuer. Should the Iraqis be grateful? Yeah!!! Yes, if my analogy makes sense.<<

No, a better analogy would be, a burglar comes in, holds you hostage, and then a bunch of planes fly over from China and bomb the heck out of your entire neighborhood killing your family and half of your neighbors and leaving the neighborhood destroyed and then all the crack dealers move in and start a gang war. But the burglars are dead. Would you be grateful to China?

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