From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 22:40:01 MDT
>> Perhaps I am being too pessimistic. But it is part of the reason I
>> opposed the war; the US government may have the sheer military might
>> to win, but I don't think that Bush has the competence to do anything
>> good with a victory.
> No, I might call you biased and partisan but never pessimistic. But
> wherever you got your viewpoint I admire your willingness to speak out.
Nope, he was right the first time; calling Eliezer partisan is so far
from reality it's hardly worth rebuttal. It's clearly an artifact of
/your/ mind that calling the president an idiot somehow implies something
about his political affiliation when clearly it does nothing of the sort.
Even the fact that you call it a "viewpoint" speaks to your
interpretation, not what was said.
And while I don't share his pessimism, I certainly do agree with his
concern that the present idiot-in-chief isn't ready to handle success.
However I believe, and hope, that wiser minds can prevail and turn
our symbolic victory today into something real and long-term.
In particular, I'm glad the Brits are there. They might have a bad
record as imperialist dogs, but right now that's what Iraq needs:
someone who is experienced in bringing order to a conquered people.
Hopefully they are now enlightened enough to then give them their
independence without the need of a revolution.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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