On Mon, July 14, 2008 10:43 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 09:09:50PM -0700, Lan Barnes wrote: >> What I support is good international police work to catch the criminals >> who attacked us in NYC and DC, coupled with military action as in >> Afghanistan ONLY when a government supports the criminals. > > But isn't that what we're basically doing?
<sigh> Good police work doesn't mean starting any war let alone a war on the wrong people ... albeit a highly profitable war for W's buddies. > >> I'm sick to death of the US government declaring "wars" on habits, ways >> of >> life, economic ideas, and asymetrical conflict techniques. Why not a war >> on fatigue? On clashing colors? >> >> It's stupid jingoism designed to make us give up our frontal lobes (and >> wallets). > > Actually the moniker "War on Terror" is not one of the best. What would > be more accurate is probably "War on Islamofascism". But if Bush used > that, > it would almost surely be abused and offend others. So his hands were > tied. > > "War," Chris. "War." _That's_ the enabling lie. I'm not gonna convince anybody and I'm sick of the whole dreary thread. Outta here. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
