Raymond Camden wrote: > http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27771 > > Very interesting article by Buchanan. Any comments on it?
Glad to see there are discenting opinions in the US. We don't get to see that here too often (see my other post from today). > In general, I think he is on target about terrorism being the result of > imperialism, or us simply 'being over there', but at the same time, I > don't think it's quite so cut and dry. Ie, I don't we should simply pull > ourselves away from every country we are in. As it stands, we would not > be in Saudi Arabia if the govt didn't want us to. We are not occupying > the country. If some people don't like that (the terrorists), I don't > think we should simply walk away. Is Saudi Arabia a country where the government represents the will of the people, or is supporting the Saudi government just helping a dictator stay in power in exchange for some cheap oil? > On the other hand - I don't think > Buchanan is saying we should be wimps about it - but just consider if > its worth it. I've said this before (after 9/11) - we may have the right > to do something - but if we don't like the reaction - maybe we should > consider _not_ doing it. Ie, maybe we shouldn't let terorists kick us > out of Saudi Arabia - but we should also ask ourselves if it's worth the > trouble. I'm sure this is a question people in Israel ask themselves as > well. (I'm not saying it _isn't_ worth it for them - but I'm sure it's > own their minds.) It took my country 400 years to decide that colonies are not worth it. I hope the people of Israel make up their mind faster. Jochem ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
