--- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snippage> > I am, as of today, looking for some serious bush to > sharone brow beating. > Peace is going to work or it isn't.
<grimace> Yeah, that situation is so snarled that it might actually take an invasion of nasty aliens to quiet it down -- <thread crossover silliness> and will Jeff Goldbloom be able to upload a sneaky computer virus into the alien mother ship?? > > sometimes it's the best of multiple lousy choices. > > Always! > > > As for credible, immediate and significant threat, > >a nation has the right to defend itself -- but it > >had better have hard evidence to back up any > >pre-emptive strike. > > Well, I think that as the world leaders, we actualy > have more responsibility > than that. It IS our responsiblity to respond to any > significant threat, not > just to defind oursleves, but to defend those who > can not defent themselves. > Otherwise ww have no right to be the world > leader,and should give it up to > someonw who is willing to make the hard calls. That > is what being a leader is all about after all. I actually agree with that, but I think some definitions of 'leading' seem to have crossover with 'public bullying.' ;) (Note that 'my' definition *does* include behind-the-scenes arm-twisting, when necessary -- appearances do count, however.) Debbi Muddle Through Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
