where do we go from here (and where should we have gone)

[measl at mfn.org]

On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, attila! wrote:

>     The time for a massive one-shot 'retaliation' has passed
>     --it should have been done within the hour.  

Change "the hour" to "an hour or two", and I would agree with
this.  However, we have an incredible bloatocracy, and about the only
thing that can be coordinated within an hour or two nowadays is a blowjob
from the intern... 

>     Terrorists are a special case. Bin Laden is following
>     the playbook of the old Chinese master, Sun Tzu: kill
>     one man and you terrify 10,000. Terrorists can only be
>     eliminated by turning the people against them with pain
>     and suffering --eg: 18 million Iraqis all do not wish to
>     be martyrs when the chips are down. If we had taken out
>     Iraq and Afghanistan, we should have smiled and said:
>     "Next?"

And here is where you completely part with reality, and start
regurgitating the carefully crafted bullshit you have been fed by this
bloatocracy.  The fact is, we have already killed many more than the 18
million you cite, and *that* is one of the many reasons we are so loathed,
both externally, and internally.

>     Today's Federalist article was the strongest (and
>     most rational) I have seen --their bottom line is part
>     of what I demanded yesterday: Afghanistan becomes molten
>     silicon.

Yup, sure *sounds* rational alright  like a guy on Ketamine.

>     What do we do now? Probably slide down the slope of the
>     talking heads as the Left criticizes Bush's lack of
>     decisive leadership (and U.S. intelligence failure) and
>     permits the UN to convene to condemn the terrorism, but
>     even more strongly condemn U.S. foreign policy for
>     creating the world problems which brought forth the
>     terrorist response --in other words, the U.S. must pay
>     off the radical Islamists.

No. not "Pay off", just leave the fuck alone.  We had this one coming.  In
fact, we had this coming _in spades_, and for a _very_ long time.  What
goeas around comes around, ya?  We kill _millions_  of innocent civilians
unjustifiably, and then have the GALL to complain when our own tactics are
used against us???

>     But even more pernicious, few Americans will trust the
>     government to protect them or represent them in the world.

You mean there were such fools *before* this happened???

>     Sorry, George, I thought you were more of a man.

Bzzzt.

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Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org

If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
first place...
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