From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 12:42:42 MDT
On 5 Sep 2002 at 20:27, Blunderov wrote:
> joedees@bellsouth.net Thu 2002/09/05 07:00 PM wrote:
> <q>
> Good article; Thanx, kharin.
> </q>
> referring to
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/04/1031115884039.html
>
> in which Hitchins pontificated:
>
> <snip>
> Discovering friends and allies, discarding false ones and making new
> ones, will test our cultural and political intelligence to a
> hitherto-unknown degree. But the very complexity and subtlety of the
> task is one of the things that makes this war worth fighting <snap>
>
> [Blunderov]
> This is one of the stupidest statements I have ever seen in print. War
> is a good way to discover who your friends are? Waging war is a good
> way of dealing with subtle tasks?
>
> Sharia law makes at least as much sense as this.
>
> Warm regards
>
I agree that the ONLY reason to fight this war is to forfend eventual
nuclear disaster while conventional means will still suffice. Being able
to discern between apparent and real allies when push comes to shove
is just gravy.
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