Eric, I seem to recall that you supported the invasion of Iraq very energetically. Your opinions clearly are not extremely factually based. In fact, your opinions are wishful thinking and nothing more. But, since we're wishfully thinking, what would you have done if you were president of the U.S. when the Shah was being deposed? Would you have sent in American troops to squelch the Revolution in Iran? Did you know, BTW, that by 1988 U.S. subsidies to Iraq approached $1 billion per year? Let's not even mention that Reagan sold arms to Iran, the Iran contra scandal. But, getting back to the subject, if you were Carter, what would you have done? Also, it was Bush who turned a blind eye to al Qaeda and their growth when he started chasing Saddam. Them's Republicans did that. In fact, them's you who encouraged forgetting about al Qaeda and going after WMD that didn't exist. Is it simply easier to blame someone else for your miscalculations? > [Original Message] > From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 8/14/2006 10:41:45 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: A Revolution in the USA? > > > Republicans will give us an Iraqi civil war. Democrats > will give us the Iran Hostage Crisis and turn a blind eye to > the growth of al-Qaeda. Some choice, eh? > > John: Between a war that has devasted a nation and killed > 100,000 people or so so far and a diplomatic contretemps > that killed no one (unless perhaps someone was killed when > the helicopters involved in the abortive "rescue" crashed). > I'd say the choice is pretty clear. > > > Well of course you would. You're a partisan Democrat. To > call Carter's series of massive screwups a "diplomatic > contretemps" is to ignore the consequences of the Iranian > Revolution, which include the present conflict between the > Hez and Israel. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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