At 04:23 PM 10/15/2002 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: >> Dig it again, folks. The Brits have come aboard, but read their >> press. Even THEY don't want this dogwag spasm. And when the brits >> don't want a war, something is very very bad about the plan. > >So, we have a fairly contemporary example of England not being interested >in fighting, when hindsight would indicate that a little early fighting >would have saved a lot of later troubles. That doesn't prove Bush right >now, but it does indicate that Britain not wanting a war does not mean that >war is unnecessary and unavoidable.
Exactly. Dr. Brin also cites their press - perhaps he is reading the Guardian? In addition, Britain's government seems fully behind the war. Given that Dr. Brin has already established that he believes that the decision on war with Iraq should be made *outside* of elections, it seems that by Dr. Brin's own standards, the Brits should be counted as supporting this war. Personally, I found the steretype of the Brits being more eager for war than most other peoples to be borderline insulting. Perhaps there is a more tactful way of phrasing whatever point is being driven at with that statement. I certainly have never noticed an increased affinity for war among Brits as opposed to other peoples. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
