well, if my kids do something because I promise them something they want, *I* call it a bribe, personally. As you do too, apparently, if you think that it's all ok because some other people were bribed by Saddam. Don't get me wrong, I think that it may be desirable or even necessary to bribe at times, but you can't turn around after bribing someone and claim that they are supporting the morality of your position.
Dana On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:52:46 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The argument is we went in alone and pissed off the > rest of the world. > When it's mention we weren't alone, they were bribed > or didn't offer many troops always comes in to play. > > If we look at the countries that weren't part of this > coalition but were part of the 1st Gulf war you'll see > Saddam bribed many of them. > > Saying the coalition only went in because they were > paid off is not fair. > Saying that helping out the US now will pay off in > some way in the future is common sense. > But to call it a bribe is saying all our allies are > bribed, and I'm sure some do. > > -sm > > --- Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sorry, but I don't agree with that assessment. > > > > For me the root question is not "what international > > support did we have?" > > but rather "what was the quality of that > > international support?" > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=36 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132142 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
