From: Steve Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Tue Oct 19 2004 - 17:38:39 PDT
Hello Cliff,
>As for world politics
>I wont even go there except to say "do you want the fight here (iraq) or
>there (United States)? Look at the uproar at 9/11. That fight, that
>ATTACK was in our homeland. I would rather preserve my 5 year old
>daughters innocense than to have her see someone, thousands, die in her
>sight.
What this has to do with Iraq I don't understand since they had NOTHING
to do with 9/11. There were about a dozen more relevant places to go
before that place. But Iraq was at the top of the list long before 9/11
for various reasons, some of which Neo Cons have been quite up front and
honest about (I heard Wolfowitz speak about the need to take out Iraq
about a year before 9/11 for example. And terrorism, I think, was never
once mentioned).
>Remember I have the right to say something also, you have the right to
>hit the delete key!
I don't delete the opinions of others. I listen to them.
>So lets get to the "Army mutiny" as its being called. If you ever think
>that someone over here does NOT have the best gear. Look at the enemy-
>they have no gear. We are better trained, uniformed, armed, ARMOURED,
>mobile, supplied, Air Forced, fed, hell- I will tell you we are just better!!
No arguments there.
>This "mutiny" has so much more to it and a greatly bigger picture. On a
>first note, you all saw that the mission went right?
Yup, I saw that. And I for one am not saying this WAS a mutiny. Just
that it might be. And whatever the story might be, the basic facts are a
unit disobeyed direct orders and has been moved back to the states for
some sort of judicial action. And that is as it should be.
>I will stop this explanation and tell you "I know, trust me". Dont
>credit the news with all that is told. It is NOT the entire truth.
Very true.
> It is spun to get the best ratings, and what bring ratings???
Politicians are no better than newsmen. One side says everything is
going like clockwork, the other says it is falling apart as we speak.
The truth is somewhere inbetween. But with the US' dismal trackrecord on
nation rebuilding and stabilization records, I tend to believe the
skeptical side more than the rosy one.
> Blood, gore,
>beheadings, bombings, "shock and awe" and anything that will get your
>blood pumping- right? Doing good and helping people, rebuilding,
>empowering, and setting up a decent government is not what brings
>ratings. So you will not see that on the news.
Actually, I see and hear a LOT of this on the news. And from a strange
source... NPR. The TV media is a joke by and large. Good for telling
you what the weather might be for the next couple of days or who died in
some sort of disaster in a country most people have never heard of.
Steve
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