--- "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > >OK. I still am going to have to disagree with > calling > >this a "Great War," however - unless it does indeed > >turn into a global conflict. > > So far, we have deployed troops to Afghanistan, the > Phillippines, Bosnia, > and the Persian Gulf. And just wait until the DPRK > thing or the Iran thing comes to a head.
We are not "at war" with the Phillipines or Bosnia (or Columbia, for that matter) - and none of those governments is "at war" with us. We have troops deployed in Japan and Germany too. The 'war against terrorism,' like the mis-called 'war on drugs' has no defined "enemy" in the traditional sense - so I will not call it a World War - although terrorists and drug cartels certainly are active in many places in the world. And *never* is war great!! A necessary evil, yes, but not an activity to be desired. But now you sound like you do indeed predict the Iraq conflict to become a world war - and your language suggests a certain eagerness for this. Is that really what you hope happens? To be blunt, I find that attitude dangerous, naive and misguided. If that is not your position, I apologize for the misreading - but would suggest that you choose your language more carefully. Debbi __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
