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• Simpler, I Think (Score:2, Insightful)

  by pudge (1)

  Iraq is more of a threat to us and the region than any other country. Even Saudi Arabia wants us there to protect them and the region from Iraq. Plus, Iraq will almost certainly fire first at Israel, our ally (for better or worse), and we are obliged to protect our ally.
  
  TorgoX makes a good point that Pakistan is a coup away from being as dangerous -- or moreso -- than Iraq. But that's one of those pray-it-never-happens-and-address-it-if-it-does situations.
  
  Currently, India and Pakistan do not pose a con
  • Re:Simpler, I Think (Score:2)

    by jdavidb (1361)

    nucular

    Shock! Please tell me that was a typo and not a jab at the President from use Perl;'s original conservative. :) [Or, worse yet, an indication that most conservatives don't know how to say or spell that word.]

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    • Re:Simpler, I Think (Score:1)

      by pudge (1)

      Where I grew up, I knew a lot of Southerners -- lawyers, executives, airline pilots -- who all said "nucular". It is not a jab at the President, but ALL Southerners!
      • Re:Simpler, I Think (Score:2)

        by jdavidb (1361) on 2002.06.18 17:34 (#9703) Homepage Journal

        No prob. You can insult the rest of us, just not George W. :)

        I had a fifth grade teacher who forced every one of us to learn the correct pronunciation of that word. (Thanks, Ms. Tanner!) Unfortunately, like fifth grade math, it was one of those things that I think people were claiming next year they'd never heard.

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