Anti-americans everywhere

[Thomas Eckhardt]

Jasper Fidget wrote:

> they need to be educated, in order to remove the repressive scourge of the
> fundamental factions of their religion, in order to repair shattered ideas
> of morality.

Oh well, go and teach "them" the democratic ideal of  "inevitable and merciless
revenge", to quote an earlier post of yours. But I am afraid some persons out
there are already familiar with the concept.

> This strategy does not come cheaply, fine, but neither does it
> obviate the necessity of the use of weapons--there are despotic regimes that
> will need to be removed before the tools of commerce and education (and, I
> would add, Capitalism) can be employed.

I don't know whom exactly you are talking about, but whoever "they" are, I am
sure they are familiar with "the tools of commerce", too. And why, for Allah's
sake, do you ignore the fact that some of these "despotic regimes" were brought
to power by the US - with the at least financial help of European allies such
as, for example, Germany, of course. Is it because "history has become
irrelevant", as you wrote in an earlier statement (which I attributed to the
same helpless rage I was feeling and thus did not comment upon)? History has not
been irrelevant ever since Adam and Eve were evicted from Eden. And everybody
who thought it was or wanted to make it irrelevant has only made things worse.

> It's simple: it's called war.  It's a matter of Empire
> imposing its authority to fully control the region,

You certainly wouldn't mind if someone happened to call you an "arrogant
imperialist", would you?

> then increasing the
> quality of life there, not unlike the way the Romans once did.  Not an easy
> solution by any means, but it is a solution.

You actually believe that "the quality of life there" would be increased if the
US conquered the countries? And that NYC would be a safer place? And I used to
think Doug was naive...

> Face it, the future is a scary place now.

That's one thing we all are aware of even without your manly advice. Face it:
We're grown-ups. And I, for one, do not need to have this spelled out for me in
this ridiculous manner. I can feel it in my bones. And no, I don't have a
solution either, but I object to the one you offer.

Thomas

"I fear those big words which make us all so unhappy." Stephen Dedalus