No, just proving that it takes an NRA gun worshiping mentality to promote military solutions as the first choice option. And why is a question about NRA membership a vicious ad hominem attack anyway? > [Original Message] > From: Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2/1/2006 10:58:51 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] NRA? > > Irene: > > What does my being, or not being, in the NRA have to do with preventing Iran > from developing nuclear weapons? Are you planning a good old fashioned > vicious ad hominem attack? > > Lawrence > > -----Original Message----- > From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Andy Amago > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 7:50 PM > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: What we can do to knock out Iran's nuclear > capability? > > Obviously force is the first and best answer, as we've proved in Iraq. Now > we're forced into developing even better weapons. Whatever. What do you > think of the Newsweek story that we're negotiating with the insurgents in > Iraq? Also, are you a member of the NRA? > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: 2/1/2006 10:40:57 PM > > Subject: [lit-ideas] What we can do to knock out Iran's nuclear > capability? > > > > Au contraire, someone did force us to develop atomic weapons. We learned > > that the Germans were developing them and we were committed to defeating > > Fascism. It wasn't a wise policy to use inferior weapons against the > > Germans. The Poles rode horses against their tanks -- briefly. We were > > forced by our resolve to defeat Germany's war effort to match them weapon > > for weapon, ergo, the Manhattan Project. > > > > Now we are committed to preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. > We > > are resolved that that shall not obtain them. > > > > Okay, I see I was too subtle by far. I thought everyone could read the > Bill > > Gertz. > > > > How do we stop Iran's nuclear program? We apply the force described in > the > > article. We do what is necessary with the weapons available to that force > > to knock out Iran's nuclear capability -- exactly what Israel did to Iraq. > > The force finds it, tags it and renders it harmless. > > > > > > Lawrence > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html