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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: combjelly who wrote (298052)8/2/2006 8:26:04 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) of 1573930
 
re: We don't know what will result, but free and open democratic countries with a willingness to work with the West seems to be extremely optimistic...

I would argue with that. But it's hard to read between the lines.

To me it's all in the premise, and then in the execution. I don't think you can remake the balance in the ME with war. It's a gradual process and our best weapon is our prosperity. The same way we defeated communism... there are only what, 5 communist nations left? Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, China and <???>. Note that we have been militarily involved in try to change several of those... and they endure against the trend.

And the damn execution... destroy the fledgling democracy in Lebanon to promote change? Sacrifice the first born? I don't see anything good coming of all this... just a lot of really bad stuff. We are not seducing the region to change we are trying to create change by rape.

John
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