"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
In 1993, Representive Murth


I'm sure you'll do a wonderful job convincing yourself and a few of the
other righties.

Your boy Bush is heading for history's dumpster.

So you have no comment on the fact that Murtha urged the removal of
troops from Somalia in 1993, and bin Laden used that specific retreat as
propaganda material in a fatwa he issued 3 years later declaring war on
the US?

Some people know when to let a country melt down all by itself. I'm sure
that some of our representatives thought that leaving would show
weakness, which is exactly what OBL said. So what? If your neighbor's
marriage is falling apart, do you offer to talk if they need to? Or, do
you kick in their front door and tell them you're not leaving until they
straighten things out?


You are *the* man of off-the-wall analogies.

You compare the situation in Somalia to a failing marriage? How would
have talking to Aideed helped in Somalia?




I didn't say we should hug a lunatic and help him see a better way. I'm
pointing out that we have a habit (which cannot be debated - so don't try)
of lumbering into whatever country we fancy at the moment, and trying to
either force a template onto it, or attempting to accelerate political and
social changes which need to proceed on their own. Vietnam's a perfect
example. It's still a communist country (according to the CIA), so our
presence there was a complete waste of lives and time. As economists in the
1960s pointed out, even communist countries would eventually have to behave
like capitalists to bolster trade, but we couldn't wait for that
evolutionary process. You know the rest. How many more examples would you
like?