03-15-2004, 03:47 AM
I think Pete's got the right of it here.
If you've read history, and you think you can give people the gift of freedom at the point of a gun, then ignore my objections. We'll see where we are in five, ten, twenty years.
If you think you've got the plan to prevent another Madrid, another Bali, another 9/11, we'll see if they stop happening.
If you think your analogies about Poland, the USSR, the Munich agreement, etc... are relevant to deal with the current situation, go ahead. My prediction is of a long, costly failure that erodes every last dram of international support, stretches your military far too thin, and recruits twenty terrorists for every one you remove.
If I'm wrong in five years, I'll say so. Certainly it would be nice to see the people of Iraq doing well.
Jester
If you've read history, and you think you can give people the gift of freedom at the point of a gun, then ignore my objections. We'll see where we are in five, ten, twenty years.
If you think you've got the plan to prevent another Madrid, another Bali, another 9/11, we'll see if they stop happening.
If you think your analogies about Poland, the USSR, the Munich agreement, etc... are relevant to deal with the current situation, go ahead. My prediction is of a long, costly failure that erodes every last dram of international support, stretches your military far too thin, and recruits twenty terrorists for every one you remove.
If I'm wrong in five years, I'll say so. Certainly it would be nice to see the people of Iraq doing well.
Jester