SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Solon who wrote (46089)3/8/2006 1:49:34 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
I didn't say there had to be friendship in order for their to be an alliance.

I said - "There was no close and friendly association, there was no formal association or treaty, no serious or long term connection, no kinship or bond, little similarity in nature or type, little affinity."

If there where any of those things it would have been more reasonable to say that Iraq under Saddam was our ally.

Nor can it have escaped your notice that I quoted to you previously from books, magazines, articles, and speakers--in other words, members of the educated community--whom spoke freely and without malicious motive about the details of the U.S./Iraq alliance against the Iranians.

If you quote someone misusing the term, that doesn't mean I should start using it.

I mean--if you think that writers call it an alliance because they have concocted a sinister plot

That's a staw man, I never even implied there was some sinister plot.

Tim
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News