Blind Geronimo (was Re: Will we ever not be at war?)

Mon, 1 Oct 2001 07:30:58 EDT

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In a message dated 9/26/01 1:12:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jbone@jump.net 
writes:

> Double ditto.  It also bodes ill for the country's ability to sustain morale 
> and
> support if goals and objectives aren't clearly set...  this feels a lot 
> more like
> Vietnam on some dimensions than, say, WWII.
> 
> jb
> 
> 

In that we'll package and sell this war as a defense of a democracy?  Well, 
we may aid the Northern Alliance against the Taliban, but there is no 
implicit goal of democratizing Afghanistan.  

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Re marketing and packaging, I was thinking we should allow private 
sponsorship for this war.  It presents an unparalleled naming opportunity.  
Imagine: "The Microsoft Offensive (aka "The Gates of Hell").  Or "The Dell 
Endeavor" (for the alliterative quality).  Individual initiatives could be 
had for those will less deep pockets: "The Inktomi Invasion," for example.  
Stocks would be the equivalent of war bonds and the buying of them to fund a 
war more directly patriotic than the holding on of them to avoid a recession.

Just 'cause,
Geege

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<HTML>In a message dated 9/26/01 1:12:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jbone@jump.net writes:
 
 
 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Double ditto. &nbsp;It also bodes ill for the country's ability to sustain morale and
 support if goals and objectives aren't clearly set... &nbsp;this feels a lot more like
 Vietnam on some dimensions than, say, WWII.
 
 jb
 
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 In that we'll package and sell this war as a defense of a democracy? &nbsp;Well, we may aid the Northern Alliance against the Taliban, but there is no implicit goal of democratizing Afghanistan. &nbsp;
 
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 Re marketing and packaging, I was thinking we should allow private sponsorship for this war. &nbsp;It presents an unparalleled naming opportunity. &nbsp;Imagine: "The Microsoft Offensive (aka "The Gates of Hell"). &nbsp;Or "The Dell Endeavor" (for the alliterative quality). &nbsp;Individual initiatives could be had for those will less deep pockets: "The Inktomi Invasion," for example. &nbsp;Stocks would be the equivalent of war bonds and the buying of them to fund a war more directly patriotic than the holding on of them to avoid a recession.
 
 Just 'cause,
 Geege
 
 
 
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