Oh, I guess International sanctions aren't the same as international pressure. My bad.
Michael Corrigan Programmer Endora Digital Solutions 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 Lombard, IL 60148 630-627-5055 ext.-136 630/627-5255 Fax ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Lyons To: CF-Community Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 12:18 PM Subject: RE: Nukes Actually it was the international sanctions that finally brought the South African Nationalist Party down and removed the apartheid regime. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 1:08 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Nukes > > > Well, I guess I think that ignoring problems doesn't make > them go away. It worked out really well for us 6 months ago. > You call it poking the ant hill, I call it bringing to bear > the international attention that these assholes need. > Personally, I'm tired of pussy-footing around these guys. > We've been doing it for years and it has accomplished > nothing. You think Apartheid would have ended if it were not > for the huge International pressure put on them? It's the > same principle. We've tried sanctions. Failed. We've tried > diplomacy. Failed. Now it's time to raise the stakes. > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Todd > To: CF-Community > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: Nukes > > > > Your reactions seem very short sighted. The US will not > use nuclear > weapons in an unprovoked, offensive manner. If a foreign > enemy launches or > detonates a nuclear device/weapon in New York, London, > Moscow, Paris, etc. > the President reserves the right to use nuclear weapons as > one of many > options in response. If Saddam drops a Nuke on Israel and > gives signs that > it will do it again, what then? We keep letting him? You > think Tony Blair > will stand by if London is attacked and hope that it won't > happen again. I > think that Truman's decision was the correct one and if > given the same > scenario (drop the bomb and the war/violence will end, or > risk losing > countless other innocent lives) I think the President > should use the same > decision making process. I don't care if it's Bush, Clinton, > > Reagan, or Carter; I feel sorry for the man that has to make that > decision. > > This man seems to enjoy poking at the ant hill to see what > kind of reaction > he will get. He is a lousy politician. Now, I know that > we aren't on the > best terms with some countrys, but publicly calling them > things like an Axis > of Evil (tm) sure as heck doesn't help smooth those > relations. I'm just > amazed at the assinine stuff that comes out of his mouth some times. > > Todd > > > Michael Corrigan > > Programmer > > Endora Digital Solutions > > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > > Lombard, IL 60148 > > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > > 630/627-5255 Fax > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Haggerty, Michael A. > > To: CF-Community > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:06 AM > > Subject: RE: Nukes > > > > > > This just seems so irresponsible. For us to publicly go > around picking > > fights with other countries AND backing up our words > with the threat of > > nuclear war is just bad politics. Imagine if China did > that with us over > > Taiwan. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
