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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James Calladine who wrote (4777)	3/28/2003 5:29:23 PM
From: Doug R	Respond to of 21614

A case of paradox: Why risk the backlash of public opinion? I see your points, but they can easily backfire. In Europe as well as at home. The Inference... the administration must be correct because they would not want to risk public backlash. The Paradox... A)There IS public backlash, especially in Europe and increasingly at home...but... B)the administration must still be right. Resolving the paradox: Reality shows A to be true therefore B cannot be supported. or...the inference is lacking. the administration entirely underestimated the backlash out of arrogance and/or incompetence.

To: James Calladine who wrote (4777)	3/28/2003 6:33:02 PM
From: Dr. Voodoo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Wrong inference! After this war (or during it) I believe you will see a large INCREASE IN Middle East instability and terrorism, DIRECTLY AS A RESULT. While there may be some immediate instability created among radicalists, civilized society will see through this. We shall see who is right and who is wrong, but on this point in the long run I disagree with your assessment. Re: Old Book. This is one piece of a much larger puzzle that although tenuous at present will likely fall into place once momentum has shifted. One can certainly argue about the size of the commitment. Re: Public Opinion The game is never over. I wouldn't be quick to judge how this will play out globally in the distant future. Re: Global instability Appeasement has never in history worked. Fear of terrorist backlash doesn't make it any more right to sit back and watch thugs and murderers threaten global stability and saying that negotiations would have worked doesn't make it so.