Justin Schwartz wrote:
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> >We necessarily suffer the consequences of any action we take. What of it?
> >More than a decade ago, it sure didn't seem very likely that funding the
> >suppossed "freedom fighters" in Afghanistan (to my mind, probably a bad
> >policy) would lead to terrorism in the US.
> >
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> Oh, come on. It was just a matter of time till the chickens came home to
> roost. If it hadn't been this, it would have been something else. The
> general problem was the US bedding down with bad guys to do bad things,
> which is still going on. WHo sows the wind, as the proverb says . . . .
>
> jks
>
There's another old saw about riding a tiger -- and every empire sooner or later is apt to find itself in that situation. (Of course, there's no guarantee _everyone_ won't get eaten.)
Carrol