From: Alfio Puglisi (puglisi@arcetri.astro.it)
Date: Mon Jan 20 2003 - 14:55:56 MST
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Dickey, Michael F wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alfio Puglisi [mailto:puglisi@arcetri.astro.it]
>
>On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Dickey, Michael F wrote:
>
>>By being 'anti-war' with regard to IRAQ, you are necessarily 'pro corrupt
>>murderous despotic dictator'
>
>"That's a false dichotomy. One can be against dictatorship, and still not
>see war as a good way to handle the situation. Those over-semplifications
>are merely a propaganda tool. The "either with us, or against us" expression
>was used by both Bush and Bin Laden shortly
>after 9/11. And it's clear that the world is more complicated than that."
>
>Good point, indeed it was and I did not realize it as I typed it.
>[...]
>What 'diplomatic' efforts would you suggest be persued?
>[remember that Saddam is Satan, etc.]
Please, I don't want to be dragged in a debate where I haven't much to
contribute. I have no ready-made solutions. Actually, the exile hypothesis
mentioned on some newspapers in the last days seems an acceptable one
(telling Saddam that he will survive if he accepts exile, avoiding an
all-out war). This is of course independent of the merit of the war in the
first place.
Ciao,
Alfio
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