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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (9241)	2/17/2003 11:44:04 AM
From: BubbaFred	Respond to of 25898

"An economy can make paupers out of kings" is an old adage. Here is another perspective on the pre-emptive strike. Hitler unleashed the war machine when Germany's economy went into the tank, and helped solidify the mind and spirits of the country. Other nations have aroused national fervors to various forms of common enemy in order to distract national focus on unpleasant domestic problems. The US economy is undergoing a flushing out period that will last another five to seven years. This is natural cycle after the irrational exhuberance of the 90's and cannot be reversed, not even by AG, the God of economy, at least not until second half of this decade. The easiest and most typical strategy to divert domestic economic slowdown dilemna is by focusing the national attention and emotion to a different direction. It is being done by creating a national fervor of hate, revenge and fear. Iraq is the chosen one. It is the number one fad and fervor of the country. The priority level of domestic economy has dropped to number 20 after the issues of Iraq, Saddam, Al-Queda, evil mass murder, terrorism, WMD, cutting people's tongues, rogues, NATO rift, grudge against France and Germany, etc, etc. This issue will continue to dominate for another two years which is the magic number of how long the US forces will remain in Iraq after it is occupied. That's just after the 2004 election. After that, who would care about Iraq and its newly created problems? Today's warmongers could not care less, and they would say "That's their problem and US cannot solve everybody's problems in the world". That is why the Iraq war game is so bogus that people in the rest of the world can see it clearly but so difficult for Americans living in the US to see. The fervor is at such a high level that US news media has become sensitive to potential backlash if they were to publish or report anything even slightly question the Iraq war fever.

To: PartyTime who wrote (9241)	2/17/2003 11:36:41 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Got a question: Why does the approval of Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic China Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe turn what you consider to be murder into justifiable homicide, whereas the approval of the Uniteds States Congress and President does not? Now there's some decent democratic countries in there. But there are a lot more than are run by thugs and bullies with guns. Or crazed theocrats. How is it that a collection of juvenile delinquents somehow becomes the legal governing authority. Explain this to me. I just don't get it. You know something? I'll bet you couldn't find most of those on a map, much less make a judgement as to whether they are fit to pass judgement on us.