> [Original Message] > From: John Wager <johnwager@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 7/23/2005 10:59:21 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: FW: Re: the latest body count > > Andy Amago wrote: > > >BTW, I heard a discussion that the proliferation of suicide bombers started > >with the bombing of the marine facility in Lebanon in 1983. After that > >bombing, Reagan pulled out the marines, and bingo, suicide bombing as a > >major weapon was born. Today all other forms of terrorism are down while > >suicide bombings are the leading form of terrorism. > > > > > > Sounds like someone's been listening to American political speeches of > 25 years ago: "Extremism in the pursuit of liberty is no vice." > Substitute "God's will" for "liberty" and you have Islamic extremism. > > -- I'm not sure what you mean. I heard this on a CNN interview. I didn't note the name of the author. I can't find it on the CNN site. I'm not sure if you're saying Bush is a cool dude or something else. BTW, I don't like CNN. I watch them by default on occasion. Andy > ---------------------------------------------- > "Never attribute to malice that which can be > explained by incompetence and ignorance." > ---------------------------------------------- > John Wager johnwager@xxxxxxxxxxx > Forest Park, IL USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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