well stated matt. tw
On 12/14/05, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My opinion is that Saddam was a destabilizing force for the region - a > region that will never, ever want to acheive peace with 'The Great Satan." > The fact that he was not in alliance with factions like Al-Kaida means he > was against them, and that the region would not totally unify under one > Muslim sect - the Shiites. > Now that Saddam has been removed from power, factions in Iraq are > aligning with factions in Iran. This is creating a force of enemies against > the US - a force that will not leave us alone, not allow any peace in Iraq > until we leave and they exert total control, and they will attack the US > when we do leave the area. > There is no democracy for Iraq. Democracy is not something that the > people of that region understand. They are not fighting for it, they don't > care about it. All we are doing is trying to teach our principles to a > people who will not understand them, and we will fail. I believe it's a > result of 'Cultural Relativism", as I learned in my ethics class. > I wish it was otherwise, but it's not. Iraq is now a huge problem that > cannot be fixed by us. There will be no democracy, and until there is a > very strong King or Shah or someone who has total control of the area, Iraq > will stay a war zone. It will join forces with Iran when the opportunity > presents itself, and we will see a much bigger problem than we had before. > Saddam was the lesser of many evils. > > And no, I don't know where the oil is either. I think it's being hidden by > Dick. > > - Matt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 12:39 PM > Subject: Re: Iran > > > > Let me get this straight. Saddam was a good thing for the Middle East > > but democracy is not? > > We removed that great leader to take his oil? Where is it? > > > > > > On 12/14/05, Chesty Puller wrote: > >> I don't mind when thingsa are unilateral as slong as there is a good > >> reason. I didn't think there was good reason to go to war in Iraq, I > >> thought that Saddam was actually a good thing to have in that part of the > >> world because the Shiite Muslims hated him. He could have been an ally > >> in > >> the same way that Saudi Arabia is an ally. But the oil factions i n the > >> Bush administration wanted that oil in a bad way. > >> However, if the US sees a defnite threat, and I beleive Iran is far > >> more > >> threat than Iraq ever was, then we should just kill 'em all, with or > >> without > >> the UN or consensus or whatever. As long as there are good, > >> point-at-them > >> reasons, unlike the mythological WMDs. > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187914 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
