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To: Sully- who wrote (59540)6/4/2007 4:38:10 PM
From: jlallen  Respond to of 90947
 
Quote of the Week

It is said that by removing Saddam or the Taliban—regimes that were authoritarian but also kept a form of order—the plight of Iraqis and Afghans has worsened and terrorism has been allowed to grow. This is a seductive but dangerous argument. Work out what it really means. It means that because these reactionary and evil forces will fight hard, through terrorism, to prevent those countries and their people getting on their feet after the dictatorships are removed, we should leave the people under the dictatorship. It means our will to fight for what we believe in is measured by our enemy's will to fight us, but in inverse proportion. That is not a basis on which you ever win anything.

- Tony Blair, 'What I've Learned' 6/1/07



To: Sully- who wrote (59540)6/4/2007 4:38:48 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947
 
I've climbed the dunes at Sleeping Bear.

Talk about a hike!

It feels like it's two steps up, slide one step back.

Very tiring.