Stephen Russell wrote: > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> The USA leaving Iraq responsibly with dignity and honor is hardly waving >> a white flag. It's not like a military that has been beaten in combat, >> taken prisoner, and force to sign a peace accord. If we leave Iraq, it >> will be because we don't belong their and never have, and because we >> chose to leave on our own terms. LOL >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This area of the world has been in battle for as long as people have > been there. > > I'll just highlight the book of Isaiah in the bible that states some > of the hostility in that region around Late 700 BC. > > The Oracles that state all the destruction to the surrounding > communities for their destruction of Judea and Israel. > > So this still a frustrated area with a very different form of religion > today, but still battles must be fought for control. > > It is now 20 years since communism fell in Russia, but did the Russian > people really want democracy the first few ROUGH years? > >
I'm more worried about the last few years, and whether Prime Minister Putin wants Democracy or no. Based on the way Russia has morphed, since Putin came to power, Russia really doesn't look Democratic anymore. Regards, LelandJ --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.

