See, now I agree with your description of the differences between the rise of Nazism and Iraq.
The whole problem with all of this is that there are too many countries in the world today. The United States needs to begin admitting other countries as states. So that eventually the USA will be a worldwide country with no enemies, and complete and utter domination of other cultures....<insert evil laugh>......<again>... -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 2:26 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: The Choice Before Us LOL! I'll have to remember that. Seriously though, Hitler is the exception not the norm of "bad guys". And people always seem to point to the extreme worst case scenario to make their case. With all that's going on I've been reading some history of WWII. There are some interesting parallels. Many people in 1939 WERE protesting the war. There was a strong isolationist policy in the US. Like Iraq, Germany was under international restrictions to prevent them from building a military. In that case it was the Versailles Treaty. A significant difference though between Iraq and Germany is that Germany had tried to invade everybody in WWI. Iraq only tried to invade Kuwait. Have you looked at a map? Kuwait just looks like it's begging to be invaded. It's so tiny and just sitting there. (Not that I'm justifying it, I'm really just being glib, but it's a dramatic difference from what Germany did.) Also, in trying to work out amicable agreements and keep the peace, England even gave Germany a significant naval presence. Countries were actually trying to HELP Germany build themselves up in order to promote peace. Right now, countries are mostly trying to distance themselves from Iraq, and at the most they are only sending relief supplies. Also, Hitler was pushing the new philosophy of Nazism. Saddam is just sitting there. It's actually pretty well accepted that Iraq too secular for the Islam extremists. Germany was a significant player on the world stage. Iraq is a little country and not that significant of a socio-economic presence. Their threat to us seems to be the threat we puff them up to be, more than the threat they actively are being. I'm not saying Hussein is a nice guy. I'm just saying thatin comparing Germany and Iraq, there appear to be more differences than similarities. I don't know what the future will bring, but in the present Iraq doesn't really seem that threatening. I'm more concerned with what fringe, non-Iraqi, Muslim extremists will do in retaliation to any US military threat. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:10 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: The Choice Before Us > > > > I wonder if you were transported back in time to 1939 and you > > had the choice to protest against war with the Nazi's, you > > would probably march up and down the street saying "all we > > are saying, is give peace a chance" as the Nazi armor rolled over you. > > > "The nazis had little pieces of flare they made the jews wear." - Office > Space > > I do love the fact that all arguments can be won by toting out Hitler. > It's like mental "white out". You never have to consider any situation, > you just have to treat it like it was Hitler! Really convienent! > > "Should I get the steak or the fish?" > > "You know Hitler ate fish." > > "I'll have the steak please!" > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
