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News Briefs 13-04-2007

So it goes…

Thanks Kat and Richard.

Quote of the Day:

“You hate America, don’t you?” she said. “That would be as silly as loving it,” I said. “It’s impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn’t interest me.

Kurt Vonnegut (from ‘Mother Night’)

Editor
  1. The War on Terror has “emboldened” the ‘Axis of Evil’.
    Was The Guardian around in World War II? If so, did they complain about how fighting back against the Axis actually made them more vicious? Did they site failures and missteps in the war effort (something that no war is immune from) as justification for turning tail and going home, thus handing those who would kill us the exact tactical victory they seek?

    The Guardian should’ve just been honest and titled the article “Where’s Neville Chamberlain when we need him?”

    1. Evacuation is not a victory
      [quote=Anonymous]Did they site failures and missteps in the war effort (something that no war is immune from) as justification for turning tail and going home, thus handing those who would kill us the exact tactical victory they seek?
      [/quote]

      Kind of like Dunkirk handed a tactical victory to the Nazis (if we’re going to use WW2 analogies)? Yes, overly simplistic, but if you want to play the game.
      😉

      Kind regards,
      Greg
      ——————————————-
      You monkeys only think you’re running things

      1. Dunkirk was a tactical
        Dunkirk was a tactical defeat for the Allies (despite Germany’s inability to truly exploit it the way they could have) because of….well, tactical reasons. Not politcal reasons. Too simplisitic an analogy, you say? Nah, just not a applicable one. The abandonment of Vietnam, and the aftermath it caused in that country and the surrounding region, is the more correct analogy.

    2. So just who do you think is not an idiot?
      What authors do you like to read. Is there an author who’s quotes make you think/laugh?

      You do know that the war on terror has been created to make a profit? Which is true of many wars. The enemy has to be demonized made to look less human, so we have an axis of evil. The United States,Great Britain and Israel create a lot of their own problems. Remember the Iraq war among other things, was suppose to pay for itself with oil revenue. And I don’t see BP or Exon paying any defense bills. Its the kids who have crappy schools. The mother who can’t feed her children. A country without health care! And the man on the ground, spreading democracy who doesn’t have the right body armor and piss-poor helmets thats who! Wake up from your slumber!

      (This rant brought to you by Bongs Not Bombs!)

  2. Real Estate
    So, did Kurt Vonnegut ever engage his intellectual mind long enough to consider that America, and love for it, has far more to do with a set of ideas and the concept of personal liberty than it does real estate (as does the inverse – hating America)? God, that’s another guy I just can’t stand (R.I.P.). (I’ll now duck whilst the tomatoes are hurled at me.)

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