At 10:10 AM 12/17/2004 -0800 Dave Land wrote: >Honestly, I am not sure what John was referring to, originally, but I >must accept that he sincerely believes that Iraq's unwillingness to be >kept under the boot of the United States (my language) was sufficient >cause for this latest war.
I've posted my justifications for the Iraq War so many times on this List as to be nearly bored of the subject. Your above characterization of the arguments, even if intended to merely be some sort of light mockery leads me to believe that a serious discussion of the justifications for Gulf War II would not be fruitful with you. And that's even before I get too.... >John, I wonder whether you half-hoped that sloppier readers might think >that you meant that Iraq had some sort of connection to 9/11? I'm not >accusing you of it, just wondering aloud, so to speak, and hoping you'll >clarify. I'll have to give you my word that the subject of Iraqi connections to 9/11 could not have been further from my mind. In fact, I can't recall thinking about the subject in probably at least a month (or whenever I last encountered a liberal whinging about some Republican's attempts to suggest such a connection.) But again, this is sort of like saying "John, you didn't have an affair with that old flame, did you? I'm not accusing you of it, just wondering aloud, so to speak, and hoping you'll clarify." The damage is done in the accusation. Dave, you've expressed your desire to engage in civil discourse with me... but I have to say that you seem to have an awfully strange way of going about it. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
