[Xugumad]

I never said "let's bomb this and everything will be OK." You shouldn't put that nonsense into quotation marks

I didn't. Re-read every single one of my posts on the Cellar. I use single-ticks to make a word or phrase stand out, usually in exaggeration, and quotation marks (" ") to quote. Interestingly, you transformed what I said in single-ticks into quotation marks in your reply. You seem to have no way of distinguishing between exaggerated emphasis and outright quotation. (apart from shouting)

I can see why you thought I was shouting earlier.

I didn't "think" so, capitalization of entire phrases and sentences is considered shouting in basic netiquette. If you merely wanted to emphasize, consider using the bold option.

Regurgitated PR spin:
"The Bush administration seems to have made great strides in swaying world opinion" (which blatant PR spin, as I demonstrated in the diplomacy disaster with Germany)
"Saddam is a maniac." (could be in both categories, I've heard PR people and the media parroting the same 'insanity' angle for months now)
"The majority of Americans support military action." (no, the majority of Americans support another 'video game war' in which no Americans and no civilians die; the bare-faced lie of the 'video game war' is another issue that was never addressed)


Catchphrase (I must have heard Bush, Rumsfeld, Rice, et al say this dozens and dozens of times since 9/11)
"ensure nothing like it ever happens again"
"Not to mention using biological agents on his own people." (HIS OWN PEOPLE! While it's a vile act, it wasn't his 'own' people; the Kurds wanted an independent state, and many were organized in a terrorist-communist organization. The PKK, no 25 (out of 34) on the state department's list of terrorist organizations.)
"this issue could test the very legitimacy of the UN" (the isolationist's mantra, parroted by the media as well)

I'd also like to note that your lengthy note above in which you said that I'd made my point about biological weapons of times and that you were wondering what point I was trying to make. My explanation was in response to Undertoad, but it was also my first followup to your posting in which you said:

But you still haven't really made a point as far as that goes. What sort of weapons were sold to Iraq in the 80's?

Thus, I reply to your own question, and you instantly go off on a tangent, saying "no-one is disputing that..." and "what point are you trying to make", both of course capitalized and bolded. It seems you had forgotten about your own questions and allegations.

Regarding the "Why are you deliberately misquoting me" response you have, maybe you shouldn't be so eager to stuff my own words down my throat. I guess getting one-up on me, gleefully using my phrases against me was too much to pass up.

Pity you didn't check my semiotic use first before embarassing yourself.

X.