If you've posted in forums you might remember writing some decent responses. I usually spend a lot of time polishing my discussion forum responses depending on the subject or who I am talking to. Often I want to remember what I said about something, but finding the original post can be difficult. So it makes sense to capture the better responses for later review. Welcome to Clint's Reposts.Friday, April 16, 2004
Ready to tie yellow ribbons (Politics Forum)
David wrote: "In the long run, there could be a positive aspect of all this. Perhaps we'll finally get a belly-full of all this fruitless fighting and decide we can stop trying to run the show in the Middle East. It'd be nice if we could get out of Iraq if only so that we'd be able to deal with the unfinished business with Osama in a little more serious way. The Taliban has been rebuilding and Afghanistan is once again both a safe haven and a breeding ground for terrorists."
[begin tongue in cheek rant...]
I am so pleased and excited with you David to think about the U.S. finally getting out of Iraq where we certainly never belonged! The timing couldn't be better and our allies will be quite relieved! I'm so happy to think about that! It makes me want to tie a yellow ribbon around a tree right now!
Besides, our economy needs those soldiers back--spending--not fighting. I'm sure we can take care of Osama with one of those cute little drone planes I've been hearing about, so there is no need to worry about putting anyone in harms way there either don't you think?
As D. Warren said: "in the Middle East, where democracy and rule of law have proven again and again to be desert mirages -- it is victory to the most ruthless." And as we all know, Americans are *not* the ruthless type, having been raised on Aunt Marth's apple pie, hot showers in the morning, and good, Christian values. Certainly most of our American men are sensitive, caring, and understanding--I just can't believe our bad, bad president would use them this way. How cruel. None of those young fellas should be there! And don't get me started about those poor young gals over there in harms way. OHMYGOSH.
David wrote: "Sure hope we can learn some lessons that we might have learned from the Clinton administration. The recent large-scale ethnic cleansing by our former allies in Kosovo and the mess in Haiti should let us know that nations can't be built with bullets and bombs."
You are right. Lets get back to dealing with those mean terrorist people as a law enforcement issue and get them into the courts again like Clinton did. Besides, it's just to much work to ask the CIA and the FBI, and all those other organizations to reinvent themselves. Way too much work.
Let the Middle East go about their business unmolested. Oh, I do feel a little sorry for those Iraqis left in the lurch, but hey, at least we stayed around longer than last time.
But like you, I'm ready to say "Nice knowing ya, wouldn't want to be ya."
C
[begin tongue in cheek rant...]
I am so pleased and excited with you David to think about the U.S. finally getting out of Iraq where we certainly never belonged! The timing couldn't be better and our allies will be quite relieved! I'm so happy to think about that! It makes me want to tie a yellow ribbon around a tree right now!
Besides, our economy needs those soldiers back--spending--not fighting. I'm sure we can take care of Osama with one of those cute little drone planes I've been hearing about, so there is no need to worry about putting anyone in harms way there either don't you think?
As D. Warren said: "in the Middle East, where democracy and rule of law have proven again and again to be desert mirages -- it is victory to the most ruthless." And as we all know, Americans are *not* the ruthless type, having been raised on Aunt Marth's apple pie, hot showers in the morning, and good, Christian values. Certainly most of our American men are sensitive, caring, and understanding--I just can't believe our bad, bad president would use them this way. How cruel. None of those young fellas should be there! And don't get me started about those poor young gals over there in harms way. OHMYGOSH.
David wrote: "Sure hope we can learn some lessons that we might have learned from the Clinton administration. The recent large-scale ethnic cleansing by our former allies in Kosovo and the mess in Haiti should let us know that nations can't be built with bullets and bombs."
You are right. Lets get back to dealing with those mean terrorist people as a law enforcement issue and get them into the courts again like Clinton did. Besides, it's just to much work to ask the CIA and the FBI, and all those other organizations to reinvent themselves. Way too much work.
Let the Middle East go about their business unmolested. Oh, I do feel a little sorry for those Iraqis left in the lurch, but hey, at least we stayed around longer than last time.
But like you, I'm ready to say "Nice knowing ya, wouldn't want to be ya."
C
