Re: Kerry's "Space Policy"

From: Eric Chomko (echomko_at__at_polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:54:33 +0000 (UTC)

Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal@org.trash) wrote:
: On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:58:13 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Volker
: Hetzer" <volker.hetzer@ieee.org> made the phosphor on my monitor glow
: in such a way as to indicate that:

: >
: >"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@org.trash> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:41a10d22.159026357@news.west.earthlink.net...
: >> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:01:36 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Volker
: >> Hetzer" <volker.hetzer@ieee.org> made the phosphor on my monitor glow
: >> in such a way as to indicate that:
: >>
: >> >> >Ok, but I'd really like to know *what* exactly he is committed to in iraq.
: >> >>
: >> >> Seeing it through to something resembling a liberal democracy (and
: >> >> longer term, spreading that infection to the rest of the Middle East).
: >> >But if there ever is a liberal democracy there it will be despite his efforts
: >> >not because of them. What he now does is encouraging islam fundamentalism
: >> >and hate of the west.
: >>
: >> Only in the short term (if at all). This is a war of decades, between
: >> cultures.

: >Well, it's easy to win. Start investing real amounts of money in oil
: >alternatives. If oil is used only in chemical industry any more, the rich
: >muslim countries will collapse and either go with the rest of the world or
: >become developing countries again.

: That's not going to happen overnight, even if it works. We don't
: necessarily have that much time.

: >If you look at muslim countries you'll see that those who are forced
: >to rely on western tourists/money do a lot more against terrorism than
: >those who aren't. So, I think the next big thing in the short term would be
: >to develop a tourist industry in Libya or Algeria. Those are pretty poor
: >countries so a million tourists make a real difference. And then, after the
: >next attack, a million less tourists shows them where they get their money
: >from and then you get the local population on the anti-terror side which is
: >much more efficient than a bunch of satellites or tanks.

: Yes, that will help, but it won't be sufficient. We are at war with
: an ideology emanating primarily from Saudi-controlled Arabia, and
: ultimately, we'll have to take it on.

Again good luck! The Saudis are our allies remember? Do you think that
Saudis would stand by and let us take them on without taking a serious
swipe at Israel?

Eric

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