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• Scary ... but good, I guess (Score:2)

  by autarch (914)

  From my reading, the writer is fairly right-wing, what with the underlying assumption that American foreign interventions are generally a good thing, but they need to be done right. I'd strongly disagree with that, but ...
  
  The fact that someone who is relatively right is still saying that the Bush administration is completely fscking things up ought to a big alarm to anyone, no matter their political leanings.
  • Re:Scary ... but good, I guess (Score:2)

    by Purdy (2383)

    Yes, I would have to agree - our actions will have international ramifications for decades to come.
    
    Last two paragraphs of the 1st section:

    
                    In one respect, I believe that the Bush administration is right: this war will look better when it is over. The military campaign will probably be less difficult than many of Washington’s opponents think. Most important, it will reveal the nature of Saddam’s barbarous regime. Prisoners and political d
    • Re:Scary ... but good, I guess (Score:2)

      by autarch (914)

      [Iraq, like Afghanistan, will be a better place after this is all done with]
      
      What the hell are you talking about? The US has completely abandoned Afghanistan, and things there are about as bad as they were under the Taliban! Have you actually ready anything about Afghanistan recently? I doubt it, since the mainstream US media hasn't really covered it for quite a while. So did you just make your assertion up? You must have, because it doesn't really coincide with reality.
      
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      • Re:Scary ... but good, I guess (Score:2)

        by Purdy (2383) <jasonNO@SPAMpurdy.info> on 2003.03.19 13:46 (#18092) Homepage Journal

        Facts - $900M already [usaid.gov], with another $2B ($820M from the US) on the way [foxnews.com], with international support.

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