Re: The Times of London on victory in Iraq

John Rennie wrote:
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> "Bill Bonde { ''Soylent Diesel is People'')"
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> > Donna Evleth wrote:
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> >> > From: "Bill Bonde { ''Soylent Diesel is People'')"
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> >> > Organization: Our legacy is not the lives we lived but the lives we
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> >> > Subject: Re: The Times of London on victory in Iraq
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> >> > Donna Evleth wrote:
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> >> >>> From: "Bill Bonde { ''Soylent Diesel is People'')"
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> >> >>> Organization: Our legacy is not the lives we lived but the lives
we
> >> >>> leave to
> >> >>> those who  come after us.
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> >> >>> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:34:06 +0100
> >> >>> Subject: Re: The Times of London on victory in Iraq
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> >> >>> The war hasn't even been that long. The 30 and 100 years wars
were
> >> >>> longer.
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> >> >> But is this what we really want?
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> >> > No, which is why we want to win in Iraq. If Iraq can make democracy
> >> > work, al Qaeda is screwed.
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> >> Big, big if, considering that al Qaeda's natural home is Afghanistan
and
> >> Pakistan.
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> > But the crazy version of Islam you are talking about was ex****ted
> > from Saudi Arabia. It didn't come naturally from the Paks.
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> So again, Bill, I ask why didn't America invade Saudi.  
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Certainly I've explained this to you before.


> Of course I know
> the answer as you do but if the US had to invade somebody why not the
centre
> of all Muslim extremism. 
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If you know the answer, then why do you repeat the question?


>   The proper answer is not to invade anybody.
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Basically let al Qaeda have Afghanistan, let the Middle East stew
in stagnation and provide more hopeless saps to blow themselves up
for bin Laden. That's a really good plan, isn't it? Isn't it
Clinton's policy for the previous eight years?

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