On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 11:24 -0700, Pat McBride wrote: > Read the book by Tom Clancy about the way that Iran took over Iraq? Truth > is, indeed, much stranger than fiction. Maybe, just maybe, we (meaning > USians, Canadians, Brits, and whoever else is involved with the Middle East > and Palestine) should have invited Saddam and Osama to a peace conference on > one of the small islands in the Arabian Sea. [And I know that some of the > terms are not politically correct, IJDGAD] Then, when they're happily > settled and loaded down with their kind of coffee, announce that the coffee > was laced with AIDS germs, run like hell to get off the island, and send a > cruise missile to get rid of the AIDS germs. > > Will work? Won't work? Bad idea? Good idea? > > Kind of drastic, I know, but look at all the lives that would be saved.
If it was only that simple. Removing dictators only works if you have stability to fill the vacuum. Iraq is a good example and Yugoslavia too. People forget that without the dictator in an artificially created country, civil unrest would escalate. One of the reasons the dictators have to rule with a rod of iron is because the countries comprising the federation would fall apart without it. The simplistic view that taking out one person will change everything is really naive. It's an emotional response linked to vengence and an over-simplified view of what is right and what is wrong. Of course this plays to the average voter who wants simple answers that they can understand. it's probably why we are not going to have a peaceful world anytime soon :-( > If we were back in the good old days, with political officers, Gurkha and > British (and Canadian) soldiers looking after things, both Saddam and Osama > would have been hung a long time ago; probably for Being A Nuisance In A > Public Place, or Impersonating A Human Being. And without a police state similar to the ones we object to, someone else would simply pop up to take their places. There are enough potential dictators waiting in the wings for opportunities. Ian -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
