--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" > <nelsonriddle2001@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > > > on 7/30/06 2:05 PM, Robert Gimbel at babajii_99@ wrote: > > > > > > Do you believe in karma? Or compassion? What would be the > > implications of > > > wiping out 67 million people and perhaps causing a nuclear > winter? > > Actually, > > > the latter might be our first payback. > > > > > +++ Is it being compassionate to wait till they wipe us out- seems > > impractical and also too late. > > Wouldn't it be a type of suicide which is not good karma > either. N. > > > With the economic clout and diplomatic reach of the US, there are a > huge amount of alternatives to using nuclear weapons, or even > conventional weapons. > > I heard a great talk yesterday between Tim Russert and Thomas > Friedman, in which Friedman was making the point that Libya > abandoned its nuclear weapons program not because of the US invasion > of Iraq, but because behind the scenes we provided them with a > security assurance that if they stopped pursuing that [nuclear > weapons] direction, we promised not to attack them. > > One small example, but a way in which the US can still move in the > direction of peace while realistically protecting our interests. > > These ideas of "I can kick your ass before you kick mine" and "I can > kick your ass so hard, you'll never get back at me" are the most > short-sighted and foolish and damaging policies. Anyone pursuing > such ideas in the government should be removed from office > immediately! Such stupid and dull thinking. >
Actually, a strong country should have that as a given, but be so self-confidant that it never needs to be spoken of. That the Bush Administration appears to make it the heart of their diplomatic strategy is a Very Bad Thing. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
