Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (66186)	9/10/2004 10:20:30 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Brian, there's a huge, huge difference between the following (and it's not clear to me you know this was the point being made): a) attacking a country under the notion of 'pre-emptive' defense. b) attacking a country to impose onto another people our brand of so-called "freedom" and arrogantly assuming we have the right to impose our culture, our views, our beliefs. Brian, you have nearly always called the attack onto Iraq for what it is, war, a) above. However, Mindmeld (only in his last post, I perceived) was essentially spinning what we did a) (pre-emptive attack) into something more sugar-coated b) (who better to teach them than Americans) in his last post. While I have issue with a) 'pre-emptive defense', I actually have significantly more issue with sugar-coating and spinning a war a) into something else b). Note the distinction. War is war, and it should be called for what it is, war, not sugar-coated into b). Am reasonably certain you have no problem calling the war a war. Don't recall any post of yours where you sugar-coated war into "we are 'giving' them freedom." You've basically been consistent in having the perception (whether right or wrong) that the war was intended to be a defensive move. RE: "I do and just got back from Peru" That's great you spoke to people from one country and based your entire opinion about what the world thinks off of one country. On a different note, did you tour any of the old buildings in the mountains - the name of a famous one alludes me for a moment but a friend of mine that grew up around that region of Peru keeps talking about it and tells me I should see it some day. She's stopping by my home later today so can ask her for the name. By the way, she's a trained lawyer that's against the war. Regards, Amy J