KISS (was: The (il)logicality of it all)

2002-08-28 Thread Keith Hudson
At 19:42 27/08/02 -0400, Brad McCormick wrote: I think [the KH hypothesis] makes a lot of sense. I can't be sure it's true, but it seems to connect the dots a lot better than the other alternatives we've heard. So, Keith, let me ask you to shed light on one more question, which looks to me

Two key meetings?

2002-08-28 Thread Keith Hudson
It is interesting that there were two important meetings concerning the Middle East this week. 1. On Monday, the Foreign Minister of Qatar (wher the Americans are building a massive air base) met with Saddam Hussein's Foreign Minister, Naji Sabri. Before going into the meeting, Hamad Al Thani

Besides, the underdog can win!

2002-08-28 Thread Keith Hudson
Further to my reply to Brad ( KISS) earlier this morning, it's always possible that the underdog will win. In the (most unlikely) event of a full-bloodied American invasion of Iraq, then, as Nicholas D. Kristof pointed out in the NYT yesterday (Wimps on Iraq), Saddam Hussein wouldn't dream of

Re: KISS (was: The (il)logicality of it all)

2002-08-28 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
From an otherwise excellent examination of the issues you wrote: You wrote I can't be sure it's true. I can't be sure either either but, dangerous though Bush's present policy is, it seems to me that inaction by Bush is even more dangerous (that is, from Bush's point of view concerning the

Re: KISS (was: The (il)logicality of it all)

2002-08-28 Thread Brian McAndrews
Hi Ray, This brief bit of what you wrote reminded me of a great line from the movie Little Big Man. At 1:18 PM -0400 8/28/02, Ray Evans Harrell wrote: I have no problems with admitting the predator, I just don't believe that anyone who is given power deserves being called a human being

China objects

2002-08-28 Thread Keith Hudson
Well . . . it seems as though I was wrong about China being in the know about Bush's (real) plans for the Middle East. According to CNN (see below) there was yet another important meeting this week when Chinese Foreign Minister Tang visited Baghdad yesterday and told Iraqi's Foreign Minister that

Re: Angels of Death 1b

2002-08-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
Ray Evans Harrell wrote: So I think you are not correct in your judgment about the soldiers in modern warfare. We are so much more complicated than the Geneva Convention in its naive simplicity that we can't even deal with the definition of Genocide. War criminals and their parrots may

Re: KISS (was: The (il)legitimacy of it all)

2002-08-28 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Keith Hudson wrote: At 19:42 27/08/02 -0400, Brad McCormick wrote: [snip] Why doesn't Dubya implement measures to dramatically raise the MPG of America's motor vehicle fleet and also to drastically cut the number of miles driven, thus resulting in multiplicative improvements? Why? Why

FW: bits and pieces

2002-08-28 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Following a link on a previous posting, I ran into this editorial. Note the comments about IMF and advantage to the US at the end of the article. - Karen Chilling message Arab News Editorial 29 August 2002 Nigerias decision to suspend repayments on its $33 billion foreign debt because

Re: Angels of Death 1b

2002-08-28 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Chris, Sorry but I really do have a lot of work that I must do and must limit this. I read your material and basically stand by everything that I have said. Needless to say I don't agree in any with with your War Criminal accusation. There is a big problem between the language of the Genocide