JDG wrote: > So, if I understand you correctly, your favored strategy in dealing > with Al Qaeda would be to: > > -Withdraw immediately from Iraq
I'd give it six months, withdrawing gradually. > -Cease all aid to Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the Persian Gulf States No. I would continue aid where it is needed (does S.A. really get aid? Why?) especially in Iraq where we're responsible for the destruction of their infrastructure and the chaos that reigns there. > -Discontinue all pushes for UN oversight of Iran's nuclear program I don't believe it is possible to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons and that we should deal with that inevitability. What are we going to do to stop them, John? Sanctions? Yea, that'll work. We have to work with the assumption that governments we don't like are going to arm themselves with these things and find a way to deal with that threat. > -Impose a tariff on oil imports such that the price of oil > consumption exceeds to price of renewable energies produced in the > US I would raise energy taxes and use the revenue to fund alternatives. I don't propose tripling the prices overnight. For one thing, people wouldn't stand for it, but we're going to have to find alternatives eventually, why not start now? Why continue to fund the fundies and the terrorists? > Do I have your policy correct? No. More like a caricature of my policy. What's yours stay the course? Doug _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
