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--- John Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://pnews.org/ > Progressive News & Views (since 1982) > > My two cents would say that most 'rogue nations' are > safe from U.S. ground > troops. Even if one takes the view that neo-cons and > PNAC are blood thirsty > people who believe in 'war, war, war' --well, > something stands in their way: > the price tag. The United States might survive ONE > more war like Iraq. The > price of TWO more is prohibitive. So, as soon as one > more fight is picked > (whether that is with Iran, North Korea, Syria, or > Cuba), the mere act of > picking one means that the others, like Libya, are > safe. > > The U.S. economy is not going to take the next war > as well as it took this > one. > > Two cents from here, > /s./ John > > >From: Hank Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [pnews-news] Cuba To Be Attacked By the > U.S. Date: Fri, 23 Jun > >2006 15:05:52 -0400 (EDT) > > > > http://pnews.org/ > >Progressive News & Views (since 1982) > >||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > > > > > > I believe Cuba does face a growing danger of > military attack by the > >United > >States. That is built into the current situation. > As Washington's illusions > >of > >omnipotence are fed by an initial victory over a > very weak opponent -- > >victories won in the face of overwhelming > opposition from world public > >opinion > >-- the likelihood grows that they will begin to > imagine that North Korea, > >Iran, > >and even Cuba will turn out to be pushovers, too. I > mean, who knows until > >you > >really try? > > > >Years of experience with the Cubans have convinced > me that they know what > >they > >are doing and their judgement is calm. They are no > pushovers, but they are > >not > >into using brutal violence to show how tough they > are, either. I basically > >leave the decisions on matters like the arrests of > the dissidents and the > >arrests of these brutal, violent hijackers to them. > But although I > >basically > >trust their judgment, I also strongly suspect that > they are right. > > > >They are saying that violent attacks on Cubans to > steal ships and planes > >and > >kidnap passengers -- attacks basically sponsored > and encouraged by the U.S. > >government and the counterrevolutionary anti-Cuba > organizations it supports > >-- > >will not be tolerated. They are saying that the > United States will not be > >allowed to create a nationwide network of political > and potentially > >military > >agents in Cuba. > > > >The Cuban leaders are saying that if you carry out > a hijacking you wll not > >live > >to get out of prison and be richly rewarded when > you eventually reach Miami > >or > >Union City. They are saying that if you carry out > such attacks under the > >illusion that the Cuban revolution is going to soon > be toppled by the "war > >on > >terror," you won't be alive to enjoy the "victory" > you are fantasizing > >about. > >No, prison sentences are probably not a sufficient > deterrent for these > >politically-inspired criminals. > > > > > >http://pnews.org/ArT/TrU/DefendingCuba.shtml > > > >|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > >pnews-news - (NEWS) - Send "subscribe" or "unsub" > >in subject to pnews-news-request(at)inyourface.info > >pnews-views - (VIEWS) - Send "subscribe" or > "unsubscribe" > >as subject to > pnews-views-request(at)inyourface.info > >|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > Everything begins at The Worm Hole: > http://pnews.org/ > > > > > >----- > >Something Really Nice for > >your Honey - http://blackhillsg0ld.com/ > >Something Really Sexy for Her for Holloween: > >http://tinyurl.com/q878y > >--------------------------------------------- > >NEVER pay for a podcast again: > >Check it out - http://tinyurl.com/mnr7r > >----- > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! > Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > pnews-news - (NEWS) - Send "subscribe" or "unsub" > > in subject to pnews-news-request(at)inyourface.info > > pnews-views - (VIEWS) - Send "subscribe" or > "unsubscribe" > as subject to pnews-views-request(at)inyourface.info > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Everything begins at The Worm Hole: > http://pnews.org/ > > > ----- > Something Really Nice for > your Honey - http://blackhillsg0ld.com/ > Something Really Sexy for Her for Holloween: > http://tinyurl.com/q878y > --------------------------------------------- > NEVER pay for a podcast again: > Check it out - http://tinyurl.com/mnr7r > ----- > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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