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To: JDN who wrote (10326)	11/4/2007 4:47:52 AM
From: Gersh Avery	Respond to of 25737

But most of them were not in Iraq until after we got there. We didn't take it to them. We put ourselves in Iraq and waited for them to show up. Isn't that what happened?

To: JDN who wrote (10326)	11/4/2007 12:47:25 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25737

Re: I subscribe to the theory of "Draining the swamp". How's that 'swamp' going in Pakistan now? You know, a DICTATOR, such as Mushariff, actually needs the public threat of 'radical terrorism' to enable himself to stay in power and spike Democracy... & keep the Democratic opposition at bay. It's a symbiotic relationship! Unfortunately for the short-sighted among us (and even worse: unfortunate for ALL of US), radical terrorism ALSO gains strength in such an environment, where the people's expression of popular will through Democracy is THWARTED by Dictatorship, corruption, and entrenched bureaucracies and military rule. There are MANY parallels between what is going on in Pakistan today and what is going on in Burma (and, Hell... Egypt too!) --- military Dictatorships trashing Democracy and Democracy and rule of law, and fostering by their very presence EVER MORE radicalism and recruits for terrorist causes. This is analagous to how events transpired in Iran, which brought the fundamentalist Theocrats to power there... Democracy over-thrown and 'friendly Autocrats' installed and the anger of the public and their frustration and desire for change --- ANY CHANGE, after a while --- builds up until the 'friendly pet Autocrat' is over-thrown and truly radical forces take over. Only, in this particular case of Pakistan... we are talking about a nuclear armed nation (that has ALREADY been responsible for selling nuclear weapons technology and supplies to North Korea and to Iran... refuses to allow the US to even question the principals who were behind these proliferations... and who has armed and supported the Taliban, and now al Qaeda types, for decades now....) Supporting a 'friendly Dictator' like that --- who installed himself by coup and now has arrested his country's Supreme Court just as they were about to rule against him, arrested opposition politicians, taken control over news media, and well may have been involved in the recent attempted assassination bombing attempt on his leading rival --- is just ASKING TO LOSE THIS 'WAR'... and lose it BIG TIME!