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Politics : Ask Michael Burke
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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (109560)10/11/2007 4:48:43 PM
From: Freedom Fighter  Read Replies (1) of 132070
 
skeeter,

Your premise about me is entirely wrong to begin with. I hope we don't start down the same path as we wound up with our discussion of Catholic priests. ;-)

You have to understand what my position is and not distort it so it can be attacked.

I didn't agree with the neocons or with the people that were anti war at the beginning. I simply understood both sides and had very mixed feelings because I couldn't calculate who was right with any margin of safety.

I don't think that is such bad position considering that most democrats actually voted for the war. I think you even said you were for it in the beginning.

As to all the other countries that could pose a risk, I agree. If you take the line of thinking of the neocons you could justify invading all of them. But each has a different set of risks and rewards so most never will be.

To me, it appears that Saudi Arabia is the biggest sponsor (both financial and in their schools) of the type of extremism that leads to things like 9/11 and the bombings in Europe. I doubt anyone would advocate an invasion there even if they agreed with me because the downsides are gigantic and extremely likely. Each country would require a separate calculation, and most of the time, being aggressive is clearly not sensible.
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