Text 35678, 77 rader
Skriven 2006-08-02 10:08:00 av BOB KLAHN (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av SHANNON TALLEY
Ärende: Israel
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 ST> When GWB first took office, he read his famous "access of

 That's axis of evil.

 ST> evil" list.  Iran and Syria were near the top.  Think about
 ST> this -- "IF" you were tasked with putting your foot up
 ST> Iran's & Syria's butt, what would be a good place to
 ST> leverage your free leg?

 ST> "Iraq"

 Which turned out not to be true. It turned out to be the worst
 place. Bush campaigned in 2000, saying the Clinton
 administration had failed militarily because one out of 13 us
 Army divisions reported not ready for combat.

 Under Bush, because of Iraq, about 80% of the US Army was
 reporting not ready for combat at one time.

 IOW, Bush has tied us up so thourghly in Iraq that we are not
 capable of handling even small countries like Iran or Syria.

 ST> We must give the process more time.  In today's age,
 ST> everything is 'instantaneous.... It took us "YEARS" to
 ST> liberate Japan!!  There still is a

 We didn't liberate Japan, we defeated Japan.

 ST> (very small) organization opposed to the US occupation of
 ST> Japan!

 Not surprising.

 ST> I have no illusions.  I think we will be in Iraq
 ST> for the rest of my generation!

 Which will be the worst of all worlds.

 ST>   I think it's necessary for
 ST> the stability and ultimate security of the middle east.  If

 Or the incitment of war throughout the middle east.

 ST> we were to "leave today", hell would break loose and the
 ST> country would fall back into the hands of the leading
 ST> clerics that Iran would send over.

 "Fall back into the hands of the leading clerics"? Iraq was
 never in the hands of leading clerics, under Saddam. Esp not
 Iranian clerics. It may well be soon, whether we leave or not.

 ST> Ultimately, the Persians and radical Islamsists must either
 ST> comply (accept the fact that other non-muslim people will
 ST> coexist on the earth) or jailed -- or -- slaughtered if
 ST> necessary to continue our perpetual survival.

 Now that is about the worst analysis of the situation I have
 ever seen. First, because the real threat is not Iran, it's
 Saudi Arabia. The terror Madrassas throughout the world, esp
 those in the US and Europe, are not Iranian sponsored, but
 Saudi. The Whahabis are about the most extreme Islamic
 Fundamentalists, and they are Saudi, not Iranian. The Shia are
 sweethearts compared to the Wahabi. And the Saudis are Bush's
 buddies.

 Trying to slaughter a billion people would be a bit nasty. Or,
 you can accept that the extremists are a small minority of
 Muslims. Or were until Bush go them stirred up.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... It would be better for mankind... that the rich be tossed into the sea. A.C
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