On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, James A. Donald wrote:
Oh wow, let us expand our current highly popular and successful Iraqi operation to embrace a quarter of the world. Wouldn't it be nice? No, come to think of it, it would not be nice.
Since Mein Fuhrer Bush is preparing to escalate to Iran in a few months, you'd better get used to it.
The problem is not failed states. The problem is states like North Korea, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, which are not failing, but damn well should.
No. The problem is states like the US who should keep their fascist noses out of other states business. Let those states rise or fall on their own merits or demerits, but allow nature to take it's course. It's not our place to be decisiding what is an appropriate government for others. Hell, we can't even figure out what's appropriate *here*.
--digsig James A. Donald
-- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org 0xBD4A95BF Civilization is in a tailspin - everything is backwards, everything is upside down- doctors destroy health, psychiatrists destroy minds, lawyers destroy justice, the major media destroy information, governments destroy freedom and religions destroy spirituality - yet it is claimed to be healthy, just, informed, free and spiritual. We live in a social system whose community, wealth, love and life is derived from alienation, poverty, self-hate and medical murder - yet we tell ourselves that it is biologically and ecologically sustainable. The Bush plan to screen whole US population for mental illness clearly indicates that mental illness starts at the top. Rev Dr Michael Ellner