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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (16245)	4/3/2003 11:43:24 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Good news for a Kerry-Edwards ticket! #1 and #2. These guys can beat Bush.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (16245)	4/3/2003 11:58:16 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

DIDNT WE PLAY THIS GAME IN VIET NAM ??? we are seeing Sodomy's Possum Strategy retreat to the cities and population centers let USA occupy and extend lines then pick us off, overextended dont bother with uniforms, which too clearly identify many parallels with VietNam, and a few similarities at least we dont need Agent Orange to clear the desert brush replace Pearl Harbor with World Trade Center replace eradication of Communism with eradication of Terrorism replace SLOPEHEADS with RAGHEADS replace HoChiMinh with Saddam replace SAMCity restrictions with mosque & hospital restrictions replace giant neighbor China with Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf Emirates replace Communism Halt with Oil Supply replace Monsoons with SandStorms replace Tet New Year with Ramaddan replace Buddhist monks with Muslim Mullahs replace restricted Buddhist temples with Muslim mosques replace Bonzai with Jihad replace DeMilitarizedZone (DMZ) with Saudi & Turkish restrictions replace the Delta with the Gulf replace Russian/Chinese Suppliers with Russian/Chinese Suppliers (oops, same guys) replace Collateral Peasants with Collateral Muslims replace Combodian Triangle CIA cocaine with Afghan CIA heroin replace sirhans with togas and headdress replace oxen with camels replace gunboats with armored halftracks replace Jeeps with Hummers replace Jane Fonda with Susan Sarandon same confusion over who among civilians are combatants same enemy fighting in civilian clothes same enemy using civilian human shields same bullshit managed news reporting on the war same nonsensical moral high ground claimed same pushbutton killing with technology same dehumanizing of the enemy, of different race same monstrous 100:1 death counts (or is it 1000:1 ?) same 500,000 soldiers same crippling costs to federal budgets instead of using chemical weapons (napalm), we receive chemical weapons (nerve gas) instead of single dangerous border with China, numerous dangerous borders much bigger stakes !!! we dont repeat history we dont learn from history either history rhymes same price crippling inflation in a couple years except this time, crude oil and energy prices will cripple the economy also give it time, and the same enormous gaping wound to our nation's psyche, complete with deep divisions within our people over the ethics and morality of confiscation of oil and occupation of a critical nation in the region ONLY THIS TIME, OUR PRESENCE IN IRAQ WILL SERVE AS A LIGHTNING ROD FOR ISLAMIC EXTREMISM, VIOLENT REACTION, AND RESENTMENT and eventually, another oil boycott of USA !!! welcome to World War III we dont know it yet, but we just started it this WW3 will not be continuous, but rather occur in spurts it arguably began with the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in Sept 2001 how long before we declare war on Syria or Iran ??? how long before we are expelled from Saudi Arabia ??? how long before Pakistan's Mushareef is assassinated, thus giving the Islamics a nuclear bomb ??? will we resort to Islamic interment camps ??? where is my popcorn ??? gotta have popcorn when watching war on TV how long before an embedded reporter gets his head blown off ??? / jim