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I have no problem with it -- in person, where expressions and nuances can be seen and felt. On an internet caht board it can come across as a flat statement. It's, as they say, an imperfect medium...

Though it would probably save time if you wrote what you meant in the first place. Not a knock just a suggestion for your consideration. When you read something here that arouses you a bit, you...

as the Actress said to the Bishop... :DI agree with that as written. Not to be nit picky but I don't think that's very near what you wrote earlier. :wry:I don't think I said any Cops would disagree...

You may wish to think about what you wrote there. I suggest my example states that idealism wrongly lengthens war and that longer wars invariably kill more people. Your examples OTOH constitute...

It happens to be an historical fact. Too many wars have lasted too long and done too much damage to all involved because of a misplaced idealistic vision. Afghanistan and Iraq -- as well as Libya...

The first rule of holes; stop digging. Do not violate the hockey law -- if it's not yours, don't puck with it. One cannot do what one does not know how to do...:wry:That's okay...That, however,...

What was the question??? :confused:

JMM has it right. 'Idealism' has killed and will kill more people then will unfettered evil. There really are some evil folks in the world but there aren't...

Sorry for misunderstanding, I took "I imagine it would be easier for us to do that given that we are involved in an important way" as suggesting possible increased involvement and, more pointedly,...

Where do you guys find these porn sites??? :D

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Agree with you, Rex, on personal pleasure that the Libyans are in process of removing Qaddafi. I'm even happier that Sarko and Cameron -- as...

That's focused...:D
That would be most regrettable. Particularly as I've got a son working out of KAF as we write but unfortunately, things like that happen in wars. It goes with the territory. ...

France, Italy and the UK are fairly trustworthy -- in the eyes of many, more so than is the US... :wry:

Given the net costs to us thus far even if those Grinches got into the hands of the Evil...

I'm sure many do and that's okay. OTOH, I do not disagree with your position -- but I do not share it. That's not quite the same thing...:wry:That's not what I wrote. This is:

""A world that...

Compared to the carnage of WW II for just the most recent, yes. Quite small.

Bad, unforgivable and harmful no question but relatively minor to all except those involved in those attacks and their...

Laughter OTOH is generally beneficial. ;)And, lo, the world is still here. :D

A world that survived the Romans, Sassanids, the Khans and World War II didn't even blink at any of the post 1980...

Probably just as well, we also apparently do not... :rolleyes:

A rather chaotic and somewhat spontaneous lurch into an unexpected revolt was highly unlikely to have developed US-like mathematic...

That's a good start. Perhaps for the next such effort, we can cut that small percentage of ours even more.I think they could have done it with no US support, though it might've been a bit -- just a...

Far more than some enlightened and well educated if ignorant western government types seem to be showing. Glubb Pasha's spiritual descendants would be far more appropriate and beneficial than US...

The Gospel according to the furrin policy establishment as an OpEd titled "Libya Now Needs Boots on the Ground" in the Financial Times...:D

LINK.

That "boots" bit is as overused and Upper West...