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To: TobagoJack who wrote (54074)	8/25/2009 5:01:34 AM
From: Maurice Winn	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218007

TJ, don't get over wrought by the situations in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia. There isn't really a crisis with Iran. Nor is Russia rising. Neither is Iraq a problem or Afghanistan a concern. In Japan they play Pachinko, in Russia they drink Vodka, in China they play Mahjong or Go and sell melamine as baby food, in Iraq they fire rifles in the air or at each other, in Afghanistan they fire them everywhere, in Iran they presumably do something too and lately are making atomic bombs. Each country has one or other national hobby to while away the days. The hobbies vary from time to time but are often consistent over many decades. The USA likes to sort out the evil-doers of the day, the definition of which varies from time to time with no particular formula. That's the national hobby. The war in Afghanistan is just the Super Bowl with live ammunition. It seemed silly to invade Iraq, but since it was already a dog eat dog realm, it was reasonable that a bigger dog decide to join in. The cost is certainly significant, but as intensely followed hobbies go, it's not over the top. The Wall Street crunch and mortgage crisis is a much bigger deal. Actual wars are very good training courses and testing grounds for military and other equipment. It wouldn't be acceptable to call them training courses because of the carnage involved, but that's about the level of it. The number of troops killed is way down at about the sixth significant figure of the USA population. What do you think that premise is? <>stratfor never once questioned the fundamental premise underlying the aggregate adventure > Mqurice