perhaps we should have used 2000 Special Ops troops
taken out the leaders of the Baath Party
taken out the leaders of their Republican Guard
if they were so ill-prepared, we could have succeeded with a more daring and surgical plan, eh?
then let a coup take place
which would have saved perhaps 80,000 lives of soldiers who probably wanted eagerly to surrender
or not to wear a uniform at all
we have laws against targeting heads of state, even if dictators
but we have no laws against killing 80,000 unwilling conscripts who wear a uniform with a rifle at their backs
the fact that you see nothing ethically abhorrent with this is disgusting to me
you put extremes as the only alternatives, Tim
very weak imagination and usage of your vast intellectual powers
such argumentation is a close cousin to the usage of "Straw Dogs"
neither technique of arguing is effective
neither is impressive
so we do nothing and implicitly encourage tyranny .....
or push buttons, drop bombs from 35,000 feet, launch missiles from 500 miles away, kill 1500 civilians, bomb Al Jezeera hqtrs, slaughter like sheep 80,000 unwilling ragtag coerced soldiers, knock out water delivery systems for several million, torpedo Al Jezeera again in their hotel, disrupt food supply lines, .....
and transform a "Oil for Food Program" into a "Hand to Mouth Food Program" with USTroops as delivery boys
man oh man, you have no inventive mind
the best days of this war are over
I was wrong about the guerrilla fighting, since it has been largely averted
but I believe we will see more and more suicide bombers in the many weeks ahead
and I believe we will see more looting, more delivery difficulties
we must now feed an entire large nation from hand to mouth
we cannot stop
we must deliver 200,000 gallons of water every few days in Basra alone
I expect Kuwait City will soon turn the spigot off
AND EXTREME PROBLEMS WHEN WATER SUPPLIES ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN THE HOT SUMMER
they might lead to riots, which I fully expect
what has surprised you?
what have you been wrong about, if anything, in forecasts and expectations?
where do you regard the biggest risks?
or will this democracy process proceed swimmingly in your view?
/ jim
p.s. please, I can handle no more it's and its' <G>
get it right
it's = it is (a contraction)
its = possessive of it (as in his, hers, theirs, yours)
its' = evidence of illiteracy |
