Spiritual/Political/Philosophical Blog on the Nature of Truth and Falsehood and Heaven
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Tuesday, April 02, 2002 Get off the Pot I'm being forced to agree with Louder Fenn among others who is getting fed up with the Administration's lame responses to the situation in Israel. Sharon should arrest Arafat and put him on trial as a war criminal. We should, too. Has anyone forgotten that Arafat was recorded on the phone! giving the order to kill an American diplomat who was kidnapped in the Sudan. Well, the State Dept. has forgotten all about it. I realize Bush wants to preserve some semblance of co-operation when we invade Iraq, but Give It Up! The prior scenario is blowing up and we've got to change our thinking (not our strategy). We don't need anybody else's approval or help. I believe Bush is losing the initiative on the War on Terror. And that the State Dept. is doing it for him. If we have to turn the world upside down to accomplish our goals - then do it! If everybody wants to hate us, Fine! They can't do without us, and they know it. The time to act powerfully for life and freedom is when you have the Power. UpDate An Opinion Scoop! (That's a new term I just invented since it applies to the Blogosphere quite well.) I don't know if anyone has yet mentioned this since things have cooled down so much with our initial success in Afghanistan, but the the new facts are that we pretty much believe that the rest of al Qaeda are in Pakistan with the Pashtuns in the "lawless" tribal areas. Now Bush and Co. have been saying that we don't need to get Omar and OBL to feel "closure" (after all, they say, we never got Hitler); but if he's alive - we ought to be going after him full bore, shouldn't we? Now, I've heard that we have asserted a right to go into Pakistan in "hot pursuit", so let's get on with it. OBL killed over 3,000 Americans and I think pursuing him where he and his buddies live is worthwhile. Isn't that what Bush promised us he would do? That he can run but he can't hide? That we'd smoke him out? Run him to ground? I swear Bush is blowing it big time if he doesn't start to get this nation and armed forces in real gear and up to cruising speed. I'm not for acting precipitously and getting good people killed through impatience, but the Pentagon has had over six months to start moving. If anyone remembers WW II, we made pretty good progress in six months after Pearl Harbor in getting this country into position to counter-attack. So the scoop is this - OBL is in Pakistan and we're not doing a darn thing about it as far as I can tell. Granted, we know little about plans and strategies, but why aren't we being prepped for it. Bush said a country harboring terrorists was a target for our wrath. Why aren't we going into the very areas where the Paki's fear to tread? Hell, we'd be doing them a favor. In any event, if we're at war, then let's fight the war and stop dithering. posted by Mark Butterworth | 3:29 PM | |
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