<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>From: "Miles Jackson" <</FONT><A href="mailto:cqmv@pdx.edu"><FONT face=Georgia color=#000000 size=2>cqmv@pdx.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Georgia size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:lbo-talk@lists.panix.com"><FONT face=Georgia color=#000000 size=2>lbo-talk@lists.panix.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Georgia size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 7:10 PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Subject: Re: Helen Thomas vs. Ari Fleischer </FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Georgia size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>> <BR>> <BR>> On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, joanna bujes wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > The pundits may step in and teach them how to do it. Saw an op-ed in the<BR>> > Washington Post(?) a couple of days ago. Headline "USA only attacks weak<BR>> > countries" or something like that. Read further...it explained that<BR>> > "deterrence works" hence we must be diplomatic with NK cause they can cause<BR>> > harm to SK or Japan. On the other hand, we should bomb the shit out of Iraq<BR>> > so that in the future, they won't become another NK. Note that this<BR>> > argument concludes that we should bomb precisely because Iraq doesn't have<BR>> > WMD now.<BR>> ><BR>> > It's as sleazy and nuts as it gets...<BR>> ><BR>> > Joanna<BR>> ><BR>> <BR>> So let me see if I understand the logic of this.  If I'm a leader of<BR>> a relatively small nation, and I want to avoid a military assault by<BR>> U. S. forces, I should--quickly develop a vast arsenal of weapons of<BR>> mass destruction?  This is the basic message that's being sent by the<BR>> U. S. reaction to NK and Iraq, right?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Does anybody in the Bush administration have a functioning brain cell?<BR>> <BR>> Miles<BR>> <BR>> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#800000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#800000 size=2>a good question.    what do you think they used to take over the USA?   and keep themselves in power?   it's not their brains; it's their ethics that doesn't function.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#800000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#800000 size=2>R</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>