From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sat Apr 06 2002 - 07:13:30 MST
Eugen Leitl wrote:
>
> On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, spike66 wrote:
>
> > tragic as hell to me that this evidently cannot be stopped. No one
> > seems to be listening to the U.S. opinion. spike
>
> Unfortunately, the U.S. doesn't seem to restrict itself to merely offering
> opinion, nor even to political pressure. I don't know whether Israel
> still does have nuclear capabilities, but in case it comes to the worst,
> it seems the best strategy is to stay away from where they are used. Even
> if none of yours get flash-fried, it would seem to generate enough
> political fallout to taint you for many decades.
In the Cold War, all that was at stake was a means of doing business. We
could afford to let marginal pissant nations like Yugoslavia and
Southwest Scrotum, as well as dead weight basketcases like India to
declare themselves 'nonaligned'. The current conflict is between
civilization itself and ignorant darkness. Spectators are not allowed.
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