Oh, you have such a grandiose view of how the World should work don't you. Well, the World is a
dangerous place my friend. W's job is to protect the U.S. There is only a rah rah USA mentality in
your mind. No one wants to go to war. We're talking about the security of the USA. Everything
changed after 9/11. Do you want your kids to live in a World of constant threat levels? Orange one
day, yellow the next? The fact is, W is talking about rougue nations like Iraq, North Korea and
Iran. Intersting how Iran is fast approaching nuke bomb capability. Keep living in your little
dreamland...
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> On 10 Mar 2003 16:45:29 -0800,
[email protected] (Jay Tegeder) wrote:
>
> >So let me get this straight... Caving in to blackmail from North Korea is a good thing? Your
> >totally wrong the assumption that "we" can't do anything about North Korea's plutonium. We just
> >moved some long range bombers into the area. You have to realize that Bush isn't that concerned
> >with North Korea at this time. They've told us what they have and that they have restarted thier
> >nuclear program. It's countries like Iraq that hide their missles and stockpiles of chemical
> >weapons that W has a problem with. Anyway, the U.S. could take out NK in about 1 day. WE don't
> >need to do that though because China can take out NK in 1 day too. NK is more of a threat to
> >China than to the U.S. Unlike Clinton, Bush will tell NK to stop the nuc program. If they want
> >economic aid, they can start dismantling their totalitarian regime.
>
> < not really a direct response to jay's post above, it triggered my thoughts on the whole
> ra-ra-go-USA-blow'em-up mentality >
>
> ah yes. The good ole USA. The world's biggest neighborhood bully. We have more weapons and
> firepower than 80% of the nations combined......
>
> ...so anytime someone else would like to acquire equal military fire power, or at least have SOME
> weapons in their arsenal to make it a fair fight, it's our job to crush and stop them immediately,
> right? after all, we are the defenders of freedom, and only use military force when we have
> exhausted all other peaceful means first, right?
>
> We're like the 16 year old high school dropout bully and 5 of his pals, all with handguns and
> knives, who pick a fight with a lone 5th grader holding a stick in his hand. anyone ever think
> that maybe the 5th grader would like to have a weapon to defend himself?
>
> let me pose this hypothetical question:
>
> If Iraq and NK had the same military firepower as USA currently has, with the possibility to kill
> american civilians here in this country while they "smart bomb" us, do you think our current
> military buildup for a war in other regions of the world would be a good idea?
>
> probably not, right? diplomacy would be a MUCH smarter choice, in that case, right?
>
> so why not use that same policy of diplomacy, right now? or does our foreign policy change
> depending on how easy it is to kick a country's ass? i.e. how helpless they are.
>
>
> gopher <-- slipping into his flameproof red, white & blue lycra skinsuit to blend in with all the
> ra-ra patriots.
>
> BTW, for the price of just one AGM-130 (a so-called "smart" bomb that costs about half a million
> dollars ) we could hire and pay almost 13 elementary school teacher's salaries for an entire year.