... in order to distract from the subject in hand, n'est-ce pas ... yes ... interesting how you sign off there, with a smirk - ' ;^)' ..... a smirk goeth before a fall, he smirks best who smirks last, smirketh not lest ye get smirked, don't count your smirks until they hatch - all very much on-topic in Realpolitik, where no one is ever unfailingly righteous, and more significantly, never unfailingly omnipotent
It is hubris to think that having lots of guns and a conviction of your self-perfection is going to make easy the conquest of a people on the opposite side of the planet ..... the fact that their current dictator is evil will not necessarily translate into them saying oh well then, by all means invade the lands of our people, and here, have a bacon sandwich .... if you cannot hear this point from the indígena of your own continent, try hearing it from the vietnamese, who also have considerable experience in attempts at conquest -
'"It makes me very sad to see the United States allowing itself to behave in the way of tyranny. It is never right to close off the possibilities of peaceful resolution when you yourself have not been threatened by the people you have chosen to attack. The danger, of course, is not only for Iraqis but for the world in the future, because when Bush ignores the UN and all the protests against his policy, he utilizes his authority to turn back the clock to the law of the jungle."'
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