Most of this makes a lot of sense. Some really good points made. Regards
Dominic Burford BSc Hons MBCS CITP Third Party Developer Program Senior Software Engineer * Tel: +44 (0) 1536 495074 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." -- Tony Hoare, Turing Award Lecture 1980 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Profox Sent: 31 July 2006 18:18 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] The savages are breaking into the UN offices in Beirut <snipped> I don't remember anyone on this list condemning Syria or Iran either. I guess because they're not Jewish states. </snipped> I'll condemn Syria, Iran and Hezboullah. Israel has the right to do what they are doing. However, they won't succeed because you can't fight terrorists or terrorism with a standing army. This is my biggest beef with the stupidity of the Bush Administration's going into Iraq and tying up so much of our resources. They've tied our hands and freed Iran and Syria to do their dirty work. Here's my take on what should have happened: 1. It was the right thing to do in invading Afganistan, but we should have done it with enough of our and our allies troops to fully occupy and pacify it. 2. Leave Iraq alone. Iraq and Saddam was a counter weight against Iran. Take care of Iraq long after every thing else is done. 3. From our base of operations in Afganistan, Fund our own insurgents in Iran and Syria the same way we funded and helped the Mujahudeen beat the Russians. With armed and trained insurgents inside their own country, Iran and Syria would be getting a dose of their own medicine. Syria would topple in a heart beat, Iran would take longer. 4. Send special forces into Pakistan's Northwestern territory to root out Osama Bin Laden. 5. Send troops to occupy the Kurdish region of Iraq, which is already outside of Iraq anyway under the no fly zone, to protect them and the northern Iraqi oil. Saddam couldn't and wouldn't do much about that. 6. Use our vast propaganda machine against the Muslims to pit one against the other. That ain't hard to do. None of them truly like each other. 7. Put Saudi Arabia on notice that we can and will confiscate their wealth held in this country and in other places around the world if they continue funding terrorism and Islamic fundamentalists with oil riches. 8. Do what we did during World War II like developing synthetic rubber and oil to find new sources of energy to rid industrial nations of the need for Middle Eastern oil once and for all. 9. Force Isreal to settle the Palestinian problem once and for all by giving up the West Bank and ceding enough of the worthless desert to connect Gaza and the West Bank. The West Bank belonged to Jordan originally and they gave up all claims to it so it could be used for that purpose. That won't completely stop Palestinian terrorism, but it forces them to finally admit why they are doing what they are doing and eliminates a lot of international sympathy. There are a few other things we could do, but those are the main points. Jim Eddins _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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