On May 16, 2005, at 9:20 AM, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Andrew Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well, that is your choice. I would not even be arguing about this if I did not feel strongly about freedom and democracy, of which America is a great champion.
Ah yes, the rote statement. You just think, though, that in the Sudan we're trying to stop a genocide because of the oil there. It couldn't possibly be because _we think genocide is bad_.
While one can argue that we're doing what we can in a limited way about the Sudan, it doesn't carry very well. Contrasted to what we chose to do in Iraq, the Sudan efforts are minimal to nonexistent.
I realize our military's heavily committed. But let's not forget that it didn't really have to be.
No, it can't be refuted because it is, in fact, too late to try any other approach.
Since no one has suggested anything that even vaguely resembles another approach with any sort of reasonable possibility of success, this is pointless.
I thought I'd seen several suggestions. Such as punching up restrictions and allowing them some time and room to work, enforcing UN inspection rights, etc.
And of course there was my suggestion, which remains overlooked. Maybe you didn't see it. The idea was to start in Afghanistan, rebuild that nation totally, get it firmly democratized and rabidly pro-American, and spread from there.
Of course now it's beginning to look like even Afghanistan's a lost cause. Messing with the Koran was a stupid, stupid move.
-- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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