Sure. You need to understand that I made the first statement and Ursula made the second one. Sere bracketed names indicating who made which statement. I hope that helps. Lawrence _____ From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:58 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Strident Voice of Defeat 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" [Statement made by Lawrence] "Hussein had nothing to do with Militant Islam" [Statement made by Ursula] "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@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: 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