Re: Early Iragi Turnout Appears Huge!
From: Fred J. McCall (fmccall_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 01/31/05
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:05:20 GMT
Charles Buckley <rijrunner@friiSTOPSPAM.com> wrote:
:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> Charles Buckley <rijrunner@friiSTOPSPAM.com> wrote:
:>
:> :Seriously, if Iraq becomes another Afghanistan or Iran, can you
:> :really say that we are better off?
:>
:> I see. You're only a fan of democracy when you get to run it and are
:> against it if it might decide something you don't like.
:>
:> You're obviously quite conflicted.
:>
:
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:Umm. You really might want to examine the US strategic interest.
:
:There is no conflict. Countries that are not supporting terrorism
:against the US are better than the ones who do support terrorism.
:
:Is there any point to creating more of the latter type?
:
:Waving a banner saying DEMOCRACY does nothing to denote a country's
:goals, values, objectives, or how it pursues it's strategic interests.
:
:I oppose countries that oppose the US have means, motive, and
:opportunity to act militarily.
:
:I don't particularly care what sort of government they have if they
:meet the prior criteria and think it is pointless to give some
:country a free-ride because they have some specific form of
:selecting the official who will decide *how* to attack America.
:It ignores the underlying issues and restricts US actions by
:applying false principles to the decision matrix in actions.
In other words, you're stuck in the same kind of primitive mindset as
folks in the Middle East - "My enemy's enemy is my friend."
That hasn't worked out very well for them - OR for us.
-- You are What you do When it counts.
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