Pynchon's foreward to 1984

[David Gentle]

> saw the masses gathering today in NYC subway on my way
> home from my girlfriend's.  lots of folks brought
> their kids who had their own signs, too.
> I would say that my feeling is that this war is not
> needed now--iraq can be contained with inspectors and
> UN officials on the ground.
> However, I do think rooting out Al Qaeda from
> Afghanistan and elsewhere has to be completed--it's
> obvious to me that the US military is relying too much
> on airpower in Afghanistan, hence the added civilian
> casualties.  we should flood those mountains with
> troops. Only a concerted war on the ground will do the
> job.
> I fear we're losing momentum there by focusing on this
> crusade to change the middle east.
>
> rich
I stand by my assertion that the purpose of an Iraq invasion is to get at the Sauds. Either as a
staging post for war or a huge weight on them. Hopefully the US have the sense to leave Iran alone
to get on with having it's revolution.

David Gentle