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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SmoothSail who wrote (5082)	12/3/2001 8:12:09 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

See! Thats why we should nuke them early and Often <g> I'm kidding! I think using a nuclear device would be terrible. It would ruin way too much oil. <g> Off to Watch the Packer game....enjoy the debates Favre Kicks ASS

To: SmoothSail who wrote (5082)	12/3/2001 8:13:06 PM
From: Lost1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

I agree with everything you said..wish someone had the answers. I think the way to approach this is by starting with the Israel issue. That, it seems to me, was the beginning of the deadly friction between most middle eastern states and the USA

To: SmoothSail who wrote (5082)	12/3/2001 11:44:19 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

I fear the short attention span of the American people. We were less than a month into the campaign in Afghanistan and the press began questioning the Pentagon's tactics and a perceived (by the press at least) "lack of progress." Had the Taliban not crumbled so quickly, we'd surely have more of the second guessing and armchair quarterbacking that the American press is so adept at. 6-9 months will not be enough time to make any significant progress against the Al Queda terrorist organization, much less the other organizations that have made clear their intentions to harm us. If the press and public begin clamoring for a speedy end to the campaign, and if the government acquiesces, we'll be in line for another major attack on U.S. soil or, possibly, a major biological assault that could include anthrax (recall that 50 kg of anthrax spread upwind of a major city under the right conditions has the potential to kill 2,000,000 to 3,000,000) or smallpox or any other of a variety of toxins. We can't let up, and I'm confident that as long as George W. Bush is in the White House, we won't.