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To: Solon who wrote (5101)	2/13/2003 2:34:56 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7689

THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT SOLON IS NOT ABOUT TO ADMIT TO THE IMPLICATIONS OF HIS WORDS! Abundance of caution? As I said, there has been TWELVE YEARS of abundance of caution. That's as long as Hitler's entire regime. Shall we continue the abundance until he has nuclear ICBMs? Which city would you like taken out first- -London, Ottawa, or Washington? Oh, speaking of that and bribery: You would expect the US to act if London or Ottawa were hit, right? NATO, remember? Turkey is a NATO member too. Right in the line of fire if an Iraq war starts. So two of the nations bribed by Saddam act in the NATO Council to prevent preparations for the defense of Turkey. Despicable. They should be told to either get with the program or get out of NATO. Oh, and you do know the other 16 NATO members voted in favor of action, right? If you are not in favor of bribery, why are you acting in the interests of the bribees? Are you really British? Or maybe a heavy dose? Actually, that's not fair; the Brits learned something from the '30s. Shall we wait until the tanks roll across the equivalent of the Polish border again? I said when there is a huge imbalance of power, people ought to be extremely careful it does not get out of hand. So you preferred the Cold War with a continuing threat of nuclear annihilation? Canada was not going to come out of that too well, either, you know. "War always takes innocent lives regardless of the justification for the engagement." Well, when you figure out a way where war will only take guilty lives, be sure to tell the rest of us quickly. The US and Britain, with Canadian help, bombed the bejeesus out of Germany in WW2, then rolled in and took the territory. Just what alternative do you propose? value of prudence Prudence, my a$$. You want appeasement forever. Except you're not going to get forever regardless of how you play it.