Re: Bush goes Nuclear!
From: Dave Typinski (nospam_at_nospam.net)
Date: 07/13/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:53:16 -0400
Bruce Pew wrote:
>Dave Typinski <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message news:<c4n4f01c3lmkl9iuflv4fdblor0plbor7k@4ax.com>...
>> Bruce Pew wrote:
>>
>> >mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote in message news:<SAmIc.6$25.1113@news.uchicago.edu>...
>> >> In article <7WlIc.47291$9t6.32508@bignews3.bellsouth.net>, "zayton" <zayton@bellsouth.net> writes:
>> >> >
>> >> >"dudalb" <dudalb1@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> >> >news:xRgIc.374$Qu5.215@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> >> >> "An irrational, morally bankrupt, illiterate, semi-conscious,
>> >> >> > brain-damaged xenpophobic cretin, who's already directly responsible
>> >> >> > for tens of thousands of horrible deaths, and can brush it of with:
>> >> >> > "now watch this drive..."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Maybe You should direct a little bit of your anger at Bin Laden and Al
>> >> >> Queda?
>> >> >> I am not a big Bush fan and am going to vote for Kerry, but a lot of this
>> >> >> Bush bashing has reached the level of stupidity and is rapidly going to
>> >> >> conspiracy kook territory.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >Bush should have kept his anger directed at Bin Laden and Al Queda. He
>> >> >allowed us to be diverted from the war on terrorism and into a pointless
>> >> >incursion into Iraq.
>> >>
>> >> It takes a pretty dull or ognorant mind to think that all there is to
>> >> the war on terror is dealing with Bin Laden and Al Queda. Al Queda is
>> >> just one particular manifestation of Muslim Extremism and 9/11 was
>> >> just one particular demonstration of Al Queda activities. Learn to
>> >> evaluate and analyze, not just react. One doesn't fight malaria by
>> >> swatting mosquitoes, even less so by directin all efforts on swatting
>> >> the one particular posquito that happened to bite him.
>> >
>> >And you believe sending Americans to get their ass shot off in Iraq
>> >actually has something to do with a war on terrorism?
>>
>> It's a mistake to ask, "why did we invade Iraq" while expecting a
>> nice, clear-cut reason. Nations don't go to war for simple reasons.
>>
>> The two biggest reasons the U. S. went into Iraq both have to do with
>> national security: America needs a large supply of oil, and Iraq is
>> sitting on a whopping lot of it. It's to America's benefit to let the
>> House of Saud have some real competition in the marketplace. Give it
>> a decade and see from whom the U. S. buys most of its oil - and at
>> what price. That's the hope, anyway. A lot can go wrong in ten
>> years.
>>
>> The prime reason to depose Saddam, however, was to send a message:
>> host or sponsor terrorists who execute overt acts of aggression on
>> United States soil and your government will be erased. Hence
>> Afghanistan and Iraq. Afghanistan made the point, Iraq was to show
>> that Afghanistan wasn't a one hit wonder. That second point was made
>> even clearer as world opinion largely decried the invasion yet the U.
>> S. proceeded in spite thereof. Heck, Muammar Qadhafi lost bladder
>> control - in public, no less. That's gotta be worth something in and
>> of itself. Haven't heard Beloved Leader Kim Jong Il making too many
>> noises lately, either.
>
>Unfortunately those formulating such strategies are incompetant. You
>think its a good idea to deal with North Korea or China in such a way
>or that either government I just mentioned actually fears America?
China, no. And they don't. Because they're grown-ups.
North Korea, yes, and they already do. Because Beloved Leader evinces
the maturity of a four year old.
-- Dave Typinski http://home.alltel.net/trapezium
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