Framlings, raman, or varelse? was Re: Making a nation democratic

[Owen Byrne]

Ok, who put tranquilizers in your coffee... just when I was looking for a
fight.
;-). I did feel a little guilty seeing a new terrorist threat on CNN as I
was typing, and I think
it is too easy sometimes to use the US as a whipping boy for the world's
ills. Overall though I think that
feel that bombing the crap out of Afghanistan was not the best choice of
actions.


Owen

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> Seriously, Owen, I think you and I are almost totally in sync on the
facts.
> There's no particular difference in our perception of the facts, rather
the only
> difference is in the focus of analysis.  Sure, we suck.  Sometimes.  We
> acknowledge this and then we attempt to assuage our guilt by all sorts of
> benevolent and "altruistic" means that ultimately create more enemies than
> friends and do nothing but drain the American taxpayer's dollars and
distract us
> from things at home that need attention.
>