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, China is Communist.

Q: Didn't you once tell me Communists were bad?