Okay, 'scuse please. Will someone apply formal logic to this? It really should come from someone well-versed in the current world of philo.... "Our war is against Militant Islam" "Hussein had nothing to do with Militant Islam" "Therefore attacking Hussein is part of the war on Militant Islam" Julie Krueger deciding to just watch tv -- what the hell ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: The Strident Voice of Defeat Date: 1/11/2007 5:04:15 P.M. Central Standard Time From: _lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Just how many times do you have to be told that our war is against Militant Islam? -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ursula Stange Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:53 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Strident Voice of Defeat Just how many times do you have to be told that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11 or with Militant Islam? This makes no moral difference to you? Ursula Lawrence Helm wrote: > ...and to use a quote from Thomas Barnett, kindly provided to us by > Brian, "We're mad as hell after 9/11, we're not going to take it > anymore, and we're going to go in and lay a big bang on this part of > the world, try to shake things up by taking down the biggest, baddest > actor in the region, and establishing the possibility of a new order." > This by the way is very much in keeping with the Islamic sense of > honor (see /Honor, a History, /by James Bowman). > > Lawrence > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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