[kj] Congrats Obama

[Karen Weil]

Well, gee, that's comforting ...
But I do agree with your some of your points.
Anyway, cross your fingers for November ...

k.w.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T.B." <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] Congrats Obama



> "ade" wrote:

>

>

>> Do you think the US should pull out of Iraq, asap ?

>

> IMO, yeah, sure we should get out of the country asap.  The problem is, we 

> can't.

>

> We really screwed the pooch invading that country and severely 

> underestimated the ability of the people there to become self-starters and 

> govern themselves.  Not to mention our presence created a convenient place 

> for every anti-American faction to gather, organize and fight us on 

> basically their home ground further destabilizing the place.  Now, the 

> moment we start pulling out in significant numbers, you'll see hardcore 

> Islamic fanatics like the Taliban taking up the slack and overthrowing 

> whatever fragile government might be in place and taking the country back 

> to the stone age.

>

> With oil at an all time high with no end in sight, any further major 

> destabilization in global fuel sources will be catastrophic to the world 

> economy.  Thus, while there may be a significant drawdown in combat troops 

> in the next 5 years, we'll likely have a permanent military presence in 

> the region for decades to come.  With countries like China gobbling up 

> more and more oil, there basically *has* to be a Western (translation: US) 

> military presence in the region to prevent a full tilt invasion somewhere 

> down the line from China or even Russia.

>

> T.B.

> _______________________________________________

> Gathering mailing list

> Gathering at misera.net

> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

>