Good evening again, Tim! Tim Bedding wrote to Frank Reichert...
I previously posted: > > It certainly will make it a sham for those refusing to participate > > when they are opposed to the US imposing a government process upon > > them, not of their own choosing. If we reversed this process, and the > > Iraqis were occupying the US, and put in place an Islamic oriented > > government, complete with confirmation elections essentially against > > large segments of the US population that would not go along, > > then that > > too would be a sham, particularly more so in our own eyes. If we can > > objectively make this switch, then the sham nature of the Iraqi > > elections take on greater meaning. To which, you replied: > The above repeats the claim that the elections are a sham. Well, dah! Guess what? That was, and still is the same question! I guess I'm having a difficult time defining what your main point in all of this actually was. Help me here if you can. Did Iraqis call for this election at all? Some of 'em probably did, no doubt. The one's currently so-called 'in charge' did, according to the occupying force. I doubt if you read me correctly here in the first place. Since we seem to agree upon one point, at least, that is, that the current elections are self-imposed by the US occupying force, what if, Iraqis said, "Never mind!" I won't vote. I'll fight to end this occupation of our country right now and by whatever means are available? Think about it for a moment, please. Would YOU do that for your own country's sovereignty, and right to self-determination? Or, if you wouldn't go exactly THAT far, would you just meekly oppose it anyway on the grounds that this was an entirely imposed by some other power seeking, at least in this case, to impose something that your own people hadn't figured out yet as an alien and foreign cultural concept? The Iraqi elections are a sham, and I don't give a damn particularly if the Shrub "White House" enshrines it or not. We are talking about immeasurable military force, regime change, and in a time and cultural dimension in which very few, if any Americans understand at all. I've said it before, and I will say it again. Yes, it's time for a regime change, and that ought to at least, begin back home right here in America today. We ought to start right here before we seek to interfere in foreign regimes that largely mean us no harm at all. Meanwhile, our current propensity is to piss off the rest of the world and to mean us a lot more harm in the very near future! Warmest regards, Frank _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [email protected] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
