Oh, I thought we were bringing civilization to them there Iraqis. I am sure you said that. Something about goat heads.
Dana > -----Original Message----- > From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 8:06 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Liberia > > > We all know that much of the "right thing" message that was put out prior to > the invasion of Iraq was spin. We did it because it was in the best > interests of the US, both from a national security standpoint, and from an > economic one. Liberia holds no such interest. > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Liberia > > > Well the hesitation seems inconsistent next to the way we were raring to go > into Iraq. If we are going to intervene on the side of right Liberia would > seem to be a case for it. Whether in fact this should be our policy is > something I have doubts about. Some of these disputes have roots that go > back for centuries. How do we even sort out who is right? But on the other > hand should we allow massacres... > > Dana > > Daryl Walsh writes: > > > sorry for jumpin' in like this. couple > > comments about Liberia. the U.S.'s obligation/role > > w/r/t Liberia seems different than the US and Somalia. > > whether the history that ties Liberia to the U.S. and us to them > > is sufficient to obligate the u.s. to intervene on some moral > > basis, who knows? > > > > in any case, the U.S. is really farkin late > > to the party: the Liberian civil war started in 1989. > > Had--as many in Liberia hoped--the U.S. Marines floating off the > > coast of Liberia at that time gone in to keep the peace instead > > of just evacuate Americans, how many lives might've been saved? > > how much infrastructure preserved? the U.S. going in now is like > > the police standing outside a bar while a brawl unfolds and > > waiting until the most brutal have prevailed and then going and > > keeping peace among the final few....sad. > > > > also, Liberia has nicer beaches than Somalia... > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
