Re: Initial impressions from the Japanese premier of Fahrenheit 9/11
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:43:55 +0000 (UTC), mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net
brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 06:14:25 +0900, "Shannon Jacobs"
>> <shanen@my-deja.com> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
>>>Duh, did anyone else see Fahrenheit 9/11 in Japan? Any interest in the
>>>actual issues discussed there? The main one was the rather serious question
>>>of whether or not the anti-Saddam war was justified.
>
>> It was justified. That does not, however, mean it was a good idea.
>
>I never had a real problem with the war, per se. I just fail to see why
>we needed to isolate ourselves, and never saw any evidence that they
>thought through the process of rebuilding Iraq. That makes the war
>a Bad Idea, however laudable the goal of ripping off Saddam & Sons'
>heads and sticking them on pikes.
When this first got rolling, my thoughts were that the whole notion
was akin to deciding to use a baseball bat to destroy a big-assed wasp
nest. Sure, you can wallop the nest all to shreds....but whatcha gonna
do about all the pissed-off wasps afterwards?
>
>I don't think Monty Python could have scripted a more farcical
>occupation than we've led.
A pox on Monty Python. They couldn't hold a candle to Lum & Abner.
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