From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 00:10:07 MST
Brett, rather then quoting your many cogent points, let me share a few of my
thoughts, which hopefully will constitute a valid response to your
observations.
1) The US Pres is not blameless. W Bush and his family still apparently
kow-tow to the Saudis, even though it now appears the Jihadi money trail
leads right to Saudi Government Officials; as is being exposed by the
Congressional Intelligence Committee headed by Dem. Bob Graham of Florida,
and Rep. Shelby Foote of Alabama. The Pres cannot even bring himself to call
the terrorists, for what they are Jihadis. This is a flaw that may have to
be corrected with Regime-Change, with the 2004 election if necessary.;-)
2) I am aware that Australian special ops (SAS) participated mightilly in the
over-throw of the Taleban, as well as helping to track Bin Ladin. My question
was, does Austrialia have the "fire in the belly" to pursue these Jihadis to
further spheres, or will it take a massacre of Australians on the Aussie
mainland to accomplish this? What you seem to indicate from your post, is
that most Aussies would tend to become more ticked, but not necessarilly more
aggressive toward the Jihadis, despite a sarin gas attack in Sidney. If
there is a huge body-count, my suspicion is there will be a sea-change is
Aussie politics, which will undermine Labors' political corrected-ness.
3) Environmental treaties and such, do not seem to yield new answers to
technical problems of polution and energy production, as you indicated this
being the view of a few of your countrymen and women. The United Nations is
experincing an all-time low, in American public support. We can't all agree,
unless we can agree what constitutes what reality is. Also, if the Greens,
for example, have solar tech to power civilization, please ask them to
display their inventions. If they have nothing to offer but words and pretty
cinematic displays...?
4) Killing foreign leaders is generally a bad idea, but letting them aquire
nukes, and ICBM's with MIRV-ed warheads (now a decades old technology) seems
far worse. Russia and China seem to be happy to accomodate anyone with the
right credit card, with this tech.
5) Your last statement included the UN, which in one of the most venal
institutions created.
Do these statements correspond to your take on things?
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