From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Mon Jun 09 2003 - 02:04:59 MDT
You have wandered out in the rhetorical tall grass, and you have done so
without me. Good day.
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 20:24:40 EDT, <Spudboy100@aol.com> wrote:
> -Who decides when military action is not taken, when it is called for? -
> You are concerned that the CIC is a religious fundamentalist. The irony
> is that said fundamentalist had to ask his Mom whether, myself, as a
> member of a certain group whether I was going to hell >;) His Mom
> directed the future prez to have a chat with Billy Graham for answers. If
> I am not pestered by the prez's religious affiliations, crazy white boy
> that you are, why should you be :-) ??
>
> If Iraq breaks up into religious geographic sections, why should this
> trouble you? As far as the idea that the dog is being wagged by the
> Republican tail, kindly imagine what a 12 kiloton yield nuke detonating
> in central DC will have on this list, the economy, the country, the
> world. Then, you really will have a dictatorship to worry about, if
> you're lucky. Also, count the USA out as a participant is space
> exploration, and scientific pursuits.
>
> The chance option for retaliation against a radical Islamic group, who
> doesn't mind dying for Allah, would be really low in the case of nuclear
> guerilla warfare, unless such as option is already in place, with
> suspected targets already identified. You, indeed are here as part of a
> civilization that is being targeted for attack. Now what is the best way
> we can defend it? The question of targeting is not paranoia, the wisest
> response is. Denial is not an option, for either of us.
>
> Mitch
>
>
> MMB Said, Greviously
> <<<I -If NO military action is taken when called for, grievous.
>
> -If military action is/was taken and bystanders become more polarized,
> grievous.
>
> -If grasping abusive shortsighted people subjugate others, grievous--
> whether they're thug-protected corporations or simple gun-bearing thugs.
>
> -If Iraq collapses into Shi'ite Shariya, grievous.
>
> -If the actions taken by the US contribute to instability, grievous.
>
> -If the US uses such instability to justify further incursions ("Hey,
> look, we tried, but them camel jockeys just aren't ready for anything but
> subjugaton...") with a further net bad effect, grievous.
>
> -If those who claim to speak for the US continue to spin, oversimplify
> and misrepresent things, grievous.
>
> -If the media continue to pump up the US population as easily spooked
> fragile victims, grievous.>>
-- I am not here to have an argument. I am here as part of a civilization. Sometimes I forget.
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