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To: Ilaine who wrote (17568)	3/29/2002 11:34:31 AM
From: Louis V. Lambrecht	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

CB - slavery? don't point your finger. msnbc.com

To: Ilaine who wrote (17568)	3/29/2002 6:53:13 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi CB, <<"Investment" - yes. The Pax Americana costs a lot of money, but pays off big time for free trade and tourism, and is cheaper than real war, and cheaper than old fashioned empires, which were, for the most part, money sinks>> I agree. This is OK by me, fine by most HK and Taiwan folks, even hats tipped by many on the Chinese mainland, and certainly appreciated by majority of Trinis as well. Problem. I see the waiter coming to the table with an inflationary tab to be paid. Japan has got food poisoning. Europe, as usual, is not real fast with the wallet. Asia ex-Japan/China/India is tapped out for the moment. Latin America is either sleeping or fainted, can never tell the difference. China/India is competing to own the restaurant. The rest of the crew are fighting over one thing or another, but not over the tab. Meanwhile, some unseen diner is planning to blow up the whole restaurant. I just saw Maurice standing up to visit the wash closet and then check on the motor of the car in the parking lot:0) Message 17260395 Depending on how events work out, we all could end up with radioactive curry or germ encrusted chicken cashew all over ourselves, in the dark, with Maurice Q-ing up in nuclear-free NZ. BTW, In a way, Einstein and company did a great deed. Imagine if you can, the world without nuclear weapons; then a real mess, as opposed to a feared mess. No Maurice, that does not mean we should democratize more nuclear bombs all over the place, unlike Q! Oh, another detail; the dinner tab may be denominated in Aztec metal. Meantime, for some odd reason, some guy just placed and order for kosher food, and another insisted that pork we all go on fast. Troubling scene. Chugs, Jay

To: Ilaine who wrote (17568)	3/29/2002 9:20:42 PM
From: Jim Fleming	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

"Axis of evil" A giant political faux pas. If we topple the regime in Iraq I hope we have strong plan in place to fill the ethnic, religious and economic vacuums created. Kurdistan becomes a bigger headache for Turkey and Iran. The Shiite muslims in southern Iraq will want autonomy. Underlying everything is what it is really all about, 15-20% of the world's known oil reserves. We will need someone other than some British junior officer drawing lines in the sand where the Anglo oil company rep points. We can probably corral enough help from people who don't like Saddam to make it look like we have support. Maybe not. I don't know. Iran is a different cup of tea. Iran is nation with a large, prosperous and well educated middle class. Iran is the product of an ancient culture and has never been colonized. They have a modern well equipped and superbly trained military. Islam aside, any threat to Iran would provoke a strong patriotic response. There is disagreement in Iran between the religious conservatives and the moderate progressives. There is no threat to the government from internal political upheaval. Khatami made a speech to the U.N. in December that could have and probably should have been made by Bush. I don't understand our cutting the legs out from under the forces of reason. North Korea and South Korea are making some effort to begin detente. The area is China's play pen anyway. China is not going to allow any adventures in an area that would invite outside forces an excuse to come in. We have an obvious foe to contend with in radical fundamental Islam. Let's focus on it and stop making blunders to satisfy some political itch. I do not trust this administration to the right things. We are going to need some big changes. The only way we will get the changes is through a series of disasters. We are headed there fast. Jim