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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (56040)3/18/2006 4:16:05 PM
From: Orcastraiter  Read Replies (2) of 93284
 
Befriending Saddam was the approach taken by Rumsfeld under Reagan. That's not what I'd recommend at all. Persuasion may come in many forms.

The sanctions were a form of persuasion, but it was not effective and hurt many of the wrong people.

The invasion and occupation is a form of persuasion, but it too was not effective, as we can clearly see now, and hurt many of the wrong people.

When ever persuasion includes "trying to take advantage of a people" it's not going to work, especially if you're trying to avoid death and destruction.

If you don't mind the result of death and destruction, then war is a great solution. And if death and destruction is your goal, then there is no better solution.

The kind of persuasion I'm talking about is one that has at the forefront of every action...fairness.

For example...you want to watch football on the TV. Your wife wants to watch figure skating. You can't afford a second tv. What do you do? Here's some methods of persuasion:

1. Punch your wife in the face and tell her to eff her damn self...I'm watching football.

2. Tell your wife that if she doesn't let you watch the game you're going to spend her beauty shop money on beer.

3. Offer to take your wife to her favorite restaurant if she lets you watch the game.

4. Offer to watch figure skating this time, if she lets you watch the game next week.

These options offer increasing compromise and fairness as you go down the list. As you go to increasing compromise you also increase the chances of a successful partnership.

What governs the choice of how one goes about persuading the other party should be guided by trying to achieve fairness for all parties.

The choices that Bush has made, preemptive war and torture, guarantees that we will see another 9-11. Perhaps that too is part of his master plan.

Orca
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