[lit-ideas] Re: Worst Case Scenarios
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:30:06 -0400
The problem isn't in having a plan. It's in the preemption for something
that *might* happen and then beating the war drums and looking for every
excuse to have a war. In the movie The Pope of Greenwich Village, Daryl
Hannah slaps Mickey Rourke to bring him to his senses. Mickey Rourke says,
hit me again, see if I'll change. That's what this discussion is like. We
found out the hard way with Iraq. We'll find out the hard way with Iran.
So be it.
> [Original Message]
> From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 4/23/2006 7:16:09 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Worst Case Scenarios
>
> Eric, the Americans are truly stupid, thank you
> for reminding us. We would attack a county with
> nuclear weapons because they have nuclear weapons.
> You, Eric Yost, are no Jack Kennedy.
>
>
> Andy or Irene: Besides your misanthropy, your lack
> of attention to what is being discussed, and your
> penchant for ad hominem--what are you really
> showing us here?
>
> I wrote that if Iraq had been armed with nukes, US
> war planners would have had to "eliminate" Iraqi
> nuclear weapons prior to invasion. You don't need
> nukes to do that if they aren't in the launch
> phase. It's a horrible thing to contemplate, but
> it's just what is. For example, there were/are
> plans for disarming Pakistan if Mushareff gets
> overthrown. And it's not a political move to point
> it out--as if I'm advocating for something by
> merely pointing out what is.
>
> Imagine if there were no plans to deal with
> nuclear threats. That sound any smarter to you?
>
>
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