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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (116339)	10/7/2003 3:34:17 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

First, it is not even coming from the broad mass of Sunnis, but a small fraction. Second, the Turks are not supposed to be stationed in the Kurdish North, and will not be operationally free- lancing, it is no betrayal. Third, there is every indication that most Shi'ites know that they must share power, and therefore devise a formula that falls short of simple majoritarianism. And, finally, we are keeping our promises. That was the point of my earlier missive about the improving material situation of Iraqis. We have further to go, but there is real progress, in respect of reconstruction, and it is the Constitutional Council that is positing a long periood to address the problem posed, before producing a document........

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (116339)	10/7/2003 5:34:04 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

Fun Foreign Affairs Terminology: 06Oct03-Matthew Bargainer-Dude, You Got, Like, Totally Plamed - A glossary for these times October 6, 2003 Dude, You Got, Like, Totally Plamed A glossary for these times by Matthew Barganier antiwar.com anti-Americanism n: a neurosis associated with the followers of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Quincy Adams anti-Semite n: 1 : a person who concedes that Arabs might be human 2 : whomever David Frum happens to be arguing with at any given time Ba'athist n: an Iraqi who favors self-determination for his or her country Democrat n: a politician whose fevers of moral rectitude and fiscal restraint can only be cooled by inauguration democratically adv: how civilized peoples loot, oppress, and murder one another, as opposed to the informal methods of barbarians habeas corpus n: a talisman for terrorists Halabja n: 1 : a village in northern Iraq where, in 1988, the (American-funded) Iraqi (or [American-funded] Iranian) government gassed thousands of Kurds, to the (skillfully understated) horror of the Reagan administration 2 : a rhetorically weak effort to exploit suffering for political gain <Colin Powell's Halabja was no Gettysburg Address> Israel n: a state whose distance from America's capital belies its proximity to America's Capitol Kaaba n: the point toward which the staff of National Review turns five times daily and envisions nuclear holocaust massacre n: see HALABJA (do not, under any circumstances, see SABRA and SHATILA) neoconservative n: a person who believes the prefix neo- to mean "anything but" neoconserve vt: to squander <creating ZIP codes for Iraq is a great way to neoconserve taxpayer money> Palestinians n: a group that arose ex nihilo in 1948 to exploit Israeli hospitality PATRIOT Act n: an attempt to use a Puerile Acronym To Render Innocent an Odious & Tyrannical law (see also VICTORY ACT) patriotic adj: 1 American usage: idolizing Tony Blair, Rupert Murdoch, and Ariel Sharon 2: professing certainty about the moral, intellectual, and aesthetic supremacy of one's own nation-state over all others, a universal tendency plame vt, often cap: to make a pink slip of the tongue quagmire n: a word of indeterminate meaning; all that is certain is that it has nothing to do with open-ended military and financial commitments Republican n: a creature whose rationality fluctuates in inverse proportion to its power revisionist n: one who exposes fraud after the statute of limitations has passed Seoul n: the Far East's diamond in the rough, on the verge of radiant lifelessness thanks to the doctrine of preemption terrorism n: in Texas cuisine, a reified boon for hungry defense contractors treason n: the role-play transgression of choice for right-wing S & M enthusiasts UNESCO n: 1 archaic: a misuse of tax dollars 2: a missed use of tax dollars uranium n: a radioactive element whose half-life may turn out to be considerably longer than 16 words virility n: a quality associated with transatlantic taunting, sometimes in costume weapons of mass destruction (WMD) n: 1 : the term for all weapons that exist or are believed to exist outside the borders of the United States 2 : ammunition for Teleprompters yellowcake n: a West African confection known for its bitter, lingering aftertaste zilch n: a gateway quantity <the search for WMD has turned up zilch, thus demonstrating that Iraq could have increased its stock of WMD> ~ Matthew Barganier antiwar.com