Many things can be said about the current state of world affairs. First of all, I am an American, and a Republican, conservative one, at that. I voted for George Bush, and I think he is doing an excellent job. One can look at America in several ways. First, the Japanese "surprised" the American public (but not FDR and his cronies) with Pearl Harbor, and we all know what happened after that. Hussein and his Al-Quaida terrorist friends must pay for what they are doing in the world. They seek out the destruction of Israel and hate the USA because we stand with Israel. God promised Israel their land. It does not belong to the Palestinians or the Arabs in general. It belongs to the Jews, God's chosen people. Terrorists and those who harbor them must pay the price for September 11. The Bible talks about the end times, the time before Jesus' return, as a time of wars and rumors of wars. This is such a time. Of course, there is another way of looking at things, too. We look down the course of history at great empires such as Rome, and how they overextended themselves, leading to ruin and the collapse of that particular civilization. Maybe in some way, although I hope not, this is what is happening to the USA. Between Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, etc., etc., maybe the sweeping hand of history is now turning towards the USA, although I hope not...
Bill > colin wrote: > > > > > I wonder if he is about to attack NK? or is China a bit too close? > > > > One of our newspapers yesterday had a whole frontpage warning the world > > about a mad man with weapons of mass destruction-accomanpied by a pic of > > Bush. I said on the list years ago that a ,lot of us non Americans felt > > that WW3 would be started by the USA. It is not just non whites who fear > > the USA. And it has othing to do with hatred of the uSA. It has to do > > with genuine, fact based, fear. It seems the uDSA is answerable to no > > one and expects eveyone else to answer to it. > > As for Blair-how shameful.One opion here is that the reason he is > > behaving as he is is ebcause he wants to Pres be of the USE. Seems daft > > to me as I have nasty feeling there won't a USE to be pres of-or a USA > > or anywhere. I hate to be so pessimistic, and I truly hope I am wrong, > > but it gets increasingly diffiuclt to believe we are not all fucked. For > > years I kidded myself that no one was as mad as this, that no one would > > dare start a game. But then i didn't undertadn how far fundametalism had > > spread and that the worlds greatest power(after China) would be so > > influenced by it. > > Not just fundamentalism (though it always helps to have God on > your side)--money and control of the world's resources. There are > plenty of evil despots around. Some of them are our allies like > Turkey. Some of them supply terrorists who blow up skyscrapers > in New York (Saudi Arabia). Iraq sits on the second largest oil > reserves in the world. > But you just never know how history is going to play out. Who > could have predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nixon's resignation, > withdrawl from Vietnam...there is certainly reason to fear the > nuclear sword being waved. Maybe there is still hope that the > American public will wake up and oust the scoundrels, though > the last election wasn't encouraging. Probably the only thing > that will really get their attention is the falling economy and a > 200 billion dollar pricetag for the "war" against Iraq. > While people suffer in Iraq due to a horrible excuse for a > human (Sadam), somehow, killing them with bombs will probably > not help their plight. > RR
