[Osx-nutters] President Bush Vows Attacks ?Across the World?

[Matt Johnston]

On 5 Oct 2006, at 15:34, Jeffrey Hergan wrote:
>
> What's the solution?  I dunno.  But what we're doing right now  
> doesn't seem all that effective and is likely harmful.

I don't want to say "I told you so" but...

> Then again, perhaps we've thwated grand-scale attacks by  
> skullfscking Iraq and Afghanistan, supporting Israel against  
> Hezbollah and getting into bed with Pakistan.

Well, if you wander around the middle eat and pick on the weaker  
countries, you can certainly engage in some backslapping.

How some people laughed when we said this conflict would be Vietnam  
for the noughties....

> N Korea seems to be a larger threat (lobbing test rockets in the  
> general vicinity of Japan) than any other country, IMO.

And you can bet they're low on the agenda. Going to piss everyone  
else off first....

> Iran with nukes, soveriegn or not, is rather scary.

And again, who's at risk when you attack?

> All of these things need to be addressed.  Constructive or at least  
> civil dialogue between nations and individuals is most likely to  
> get the ball rolling in the right direction.

As GuyH intimated, it's unlikely.

M