Hello ROss,

On Sat 2039-Jan-08 12:11, Ross Sauer (1:123/789) wrote to Richard Webb:


 BK>> Nationbuilding is the work of Satan. We know that because right
 BK>> wingers tell us so.

 RW> IT has its downside, I'd agree there, but something *must*
 RW> be done in that region, and the better thing to do is
 RW> provide the troops and resources necessary to do just that.
 RW> PEople who have a future that is other than bleak don't have as much
 RW> motivation to fight to the point of their own
 RW> destruction.

RS> You forgot one factor.
RS> Religious fanaticism.

RS> You know who just returned to Iraq, to huzzahs and celebrations? 

RS> Al-Sadr.
RS> Remember him?
RS> The fundy Shiite cleric who was telling his bunch of merry mutants
RS> to attack Americans in Iraq.

OF course, more of the same.   IF he or other like minded
folks can gain control of the government we can do the same
shit over again in a few years, for the same reasons we did
last time, for the oil of course.

RS> Like Rachel Maddow said, we now have West Iran.

Ain't it cute?

Regards,
           Richard
... A word to the wise isn't necessary. It's the dumb ones that need it.
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+
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