[lit-ideas] FW: Re: Link to "Mohammed" cartoons
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:17:46 -0500
My typos are annoying me. The USSR turned into the Khruschev. Whatever.
See ya later.
>
> Short term diplomatic gains kept the world out of nuclear disaster when
> Kennedy and the Khruschev squared off. The U.S. conceded bases in
Turkey.
> Another way of looking at it is that invading Iraq taught the Bushites
> something. If it did, at least they had the ability to learn from
> experience, which is a good thing. Much needed good will is all
important,
> unless you really like war, which, given the pattern of the world, would
> not be too surprising.
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: P.H.Lundbech <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 2/9/2006 4:40:40 AM
> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Link to "Mohammed" cartoons
> >
> > On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 23:22:12 -0800, "Lawrence Helm"
> > <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >The official position from the White House is that the U.S. condemns
> > >the cartoons but condemns the violence as well.
> >
> > At first they (including one former president) condemned the
> > cartoons trying to use what they then thought was a small
> > relatively unimportant matter to gain a little much needed
> > goodwill from the arabs.
> >
> > Then it blew up in their face when embassies were set on fire and
> > the US government suddenly found they were supporting the
> > terroist regime in Syria. Then suddenly free speech seemed
> > important once again...
> >
> > It has nothing to do with the U.S. as "a voice of moderation".
> > They were willing to betray a fundamental principle of our way of
> > life for the benefit of some short-term diplomatic gains.
> >
> > P. H. Lundbech
> > Odense, DK
> >
> >
> >
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