Re: [Brin-l] Attack Iraq, Alone if We Must

2002-09-23 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 20:58 20-09-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote: Well, I haven't exactly been dictated to. I, after all, ignored the advice of my parents and decided to continue serving my country. So, have you signed up for military service yet? I mean, you want to serve your country, and are

Re: [Brin-l] Attack Iraq, Alone if We Must

2002-09-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 5:22 AM Subject: Re: [Brin-l] Attack Iraq, Alone if We Must Last I heard (sometime last week), the Iraqi government was willing to let weapons inspectors back

Re: [Brin-l] Attack Iraq, Alone if We Must

2002-09-22 Thread Robert J. Chassell
Do you really believe that when those Soviet troops were sent to the US, the Soviets did NOT send a couple of KGB officers with them? Of course everyone thinks they sent KGB officers. The difference is that the US had the legal right to keep Soviet troops out of military bases; it

Re: [Brin-l] Attack Iraq, Alone if We Must

2002-09-22 Thread Russell Chapman
John D. Giorgis wrote: BTW - another very important difference is that the PRC and DPRK already *have* nuclear weapons.Moreover, the DPRK is capable of nuking Japan and Alaska, whereas China has made pointed reminders of their ability to nuke Los Angeles in the past. Now, given the

Re: [Brin-l] Attack Iraq, Alone If We Must

2002-09-22 Thread Russell Chapman
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Tarek Aziz (sp?) asked Bush if it was ok to invade Kuwait, and Bush said go ahead. Or so it seemed. Reagan also betrayed Galtieri, when he asked if it was ok to invade the Falklands/Malvinas. I'm always fascinated by these kinds of approaches to the US. Indonesia

Re: [Brin-l] Attack Iraq, Alone if We Must

2002-09-21 Thread Trent Shipley
No. There is a point. Killing lots of people because they are enemies of the regime is state terrorism. It qualifies as simple mass murder. Killing lots of people, or even forcibly displacing them, because they are Bosnians or Croats, not Serbs is at best ethnic cleansing and at

Re: [Brin-l] Attack Iraq, Alone if We Must

2002-09-20 Thread The Fool
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] As self-declared defender of democracy, the US should definitely invade Pakistan. Pakistan has nuclear weapons, which it might very well use against India -- which happens to be one of the largest democracies in the world. A democracy that has

Re: [Brin-l] Attack Iraq, Alone if We Must

2002-09-20 Thread Reggie Bautista
The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A democracy that has over 5 political prisoners, has ethnically cleansed over 250,000 christians, over 260,000 sikhs, over 70,000 muslims, among others, disappeared people, forces people to vote, has used use chemical weapons on it's own people (much like

Re: [Brin-l] Attack Iraq, Alone if We Must

2002-09-19 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 12:44 AM 9/20/2002 -0400 John D. Giorgis wrote: At 09:23 PM 9/19/2002 -0700 Doug wrote: Could someone point me in the direction of an article that details how Hussein is presently pursuing a policy of genocide similar to that pursued by Milosevic? Two questions: 1) Do you consider US