[lit-ideas] Re: Text of bin Laden Tape
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:29:23 EST
I completely fail to understand how opposing the Islamists has anything to
do with attacking Iraq or ousting Sadaam. He was a secularist, and what we
have done is open the country to waves of Islamists who have footholds and
bases
for their agendas. If you support the war on Iraq for other reasons, fine.
But I don't think you can make the case that attacking Iraq was an
opposition to the Islamists.
Julie Krueger
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Tape Date: 1/20/06 8:04:47 PM Central Standard Time From:
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We have an enemy: the Islamists. The Islamists want to conquer us. We need
to oppose them.
If you disagree you should logically argue that we donât need to oppose them
or that they donât want to conquer us.
If we arenât opposing them as well as we ought, that doesnât detract from
the argument that we ought to oppose them. Although I did mention it as an
aside, the people are being provided with faulty information by the media. I
blame the media and the people for that. The media for being perverse and
the people for being gullible, but I am not surprised by any it. We will (as
a
people) eventually learn that the enemy is to be taken seriously â that he
does want to conquer us. It took a lot of blood to get us into both World
Wars. We probably need to bleed a bit more before we develop enthusiasm for
this one, but notice that Osama does intend to make us bleed.
Lawrence
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From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Andy Amago
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 5:44 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Text of bin Laden Tape
Okay, let's cut the leadership some slack. It's all the people's fault that
we lost this war. Let's blame them instead. It wasn't Napoleon's fault
that he lost (or won). It was the French people, right? So let me get this
straight. This is a necessary war, but not an important one. Is that right?
And kindly point out the bothersome non sequiturs.
----- Original Message -----
From: _Lawrence Helm_ (mailto:lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Sent: 1/20/2006 8:38:47 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Text of bin Laden Tape
You are giving me a headache with your non sequiturs. I didnt discuss the
importance, but I do believe it is a necessary war. It can become more
important if we dilly dally and let them win more than we ought to let them
win.
You have introduced several tangents which dont seem important. We have
an implacable enemy. We may or may not be fighting him as enthusiastically
as we ought. From the fact that so many people want us to withdraw
prematurely from Iraq (to the delight of Osama) it is clear that millions
dont
understand the importance of fighting this enemy. So perhaps the people
you
refer to as not doing something right ought to be given some slack for not
fighting them as well as they might.
Lawrence
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From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Andy Amago
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 5:25 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Text of bin Laden Tape
Well, if it was such an important war, why wasn't it fought more seriously?
Why did the Army have to laugh at their proposal and insist on a larger army
than what Rove & Co. wanted, and still be nowhere close to what was needed?
Why was there no plan for after Baghdad fell? Why did we go to war with
the army we had instead of the army we needed (a paraphrase)? Why cut taxes
when the money is needed for military spending to fund the army to fight this
war that we need so desperately? Yadda yadda. In short, why was it not waged
as if it was an important war? If you say it was the Democrats' fault, then
you're passing the buck. The Republicans run the show and he had
everybody's approval in any case.
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