[lit-ideas] Re: Barnett's Blueprint for Action
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 20:06:48 -0700
Irene,
I haven't watched the news today and so couldn't very well be reacting to
it, but if I were I wouldn't react as absurdly as you suggest. But beyond
that when did I ever say there was a connection between Saddam and OBL? Let
me put it another way, I never said there was a connection between Saddam
and OBL. I know Saddam supported some terrorist training. I heard of some
Al Quaeda members who contacted their counterparts in Iraq, but OBL himself,
no. So, you're making that up -- getting your imagination confused with
reality once again -- much the same way that Andreas makes things up by the
way.
Well, of course Europe has learned that war doesn't pay. They have
initiated the bloodiest wars the planet has ever seen, two of them. They
must have learned something from that. And we bailed them out both times,
not all of them, just the ones that were losing. And it's a good thing that
the U.S. has yet to learn that war doesn't pay. Look at all the troops we
lost bailing the European losers out in two of their World Wars. Look at
all the troops we lost in bailing out China by warring against the Japanese.
On the other hand, we could have saved all those American troops and let all
those weak-kneed losers stew in their own juice if we had learned your
lesson, "that war doesn't pay." I think you must be a brilliant strategist
Irene to suggest we shouldn't have been engaging in war. I can't imagine
why I didn't think of that before.
Lawrence
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From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Andy Amago
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 7:36 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Barnett's Blueprint for Action
You posted to the list a message intended only for Eric. Thanks for
explaining that. Apologies to Joerge, since he wrote to Andreas and not me.
I think you're just a sore loser, Lawrence, especially now that the Senate
has said that there was no connection between Saddam and OBL and you've been
saying there is, and Bush himself said there was no connection. If you want
to talk about the Twilight Zone, talk about your position and how it squares
with the reality that I've been saying existed all along and that you've
been denying all along. Are you smoke screening that little oversight
maybe?
For Andreas, even though my heart's not in it, because we came out of Europe
doesn't make Europe historically anything other than dysfunctional. Maybe
less so now and maybe less warlike than the U.S. now but only because they
learned the hard way that war doesn't pay. The U.S. has yet to learn that
lesson.
----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence <mailto:lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Helm
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 9/9/2006 9:44:40 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Barnett's Blueprint for Action
http://sonicimages.com/webdata/soundtracks/outerlimits/snd/outerlimits-16.MP
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Irene/Andy,
What Im impressed with is that I sent a note to Eric, because of our
previous discussions about Iran, and you responded, Irene/Andy, as though I
sent the note to you. I know that Eric speculated that Jack Spratt might
be one of your pseudonyms or alternate personalities, but, but, but, could
that have been a smoke screen? Could all this time Andy, er, Irene have
been one, that is two of Erics alternate personalities? Perhaps this whole
pseudonym business is more monstrous and diabolical than we realized . . .
http://sonicimages.com/webdata/soundtracks/outerlimits/snd/outerlimits-16.MP
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Lawrence
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From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Andy Amago
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 5:54 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Barnett's Blueprint for Action
I'm responding based on what I know. I thought you'd be impressed. I'm
technologically challenged. I'll see if I can watch him tomorrow.
----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence <mailto:lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Helm
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 9/9/2006 8:48:31 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Barnett's Blueprint for Action
Which means, you are once again responding to one of my notes without
reading it, or in this case watching it. The link comes up when I click on
it, but you can go to the Thomas Barnett site
(http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/ ) scroll down and find it that way.
Lawrence
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