Slothrop, Where Are You?

[prozak at anus.com]

> > There's some sense to it. "Criminally insane" or not, there's
> > something creepy/very wrong about the way this world is going.
> > 
> > I don't pray, but maybe today I would, and as cheesy as it sounds,
> > yes, for Iraqi children. I'm a big fan of diversity (though not of
> > mono-I-mean-multi-culturalism) and am upset at the thought of Iraqi
> > culture being diluted by Red, White and Coca-Cola culture, as well as
> > the people under those numerical bombs so carelessly heft aloft from
> > planes and guns and rockets...
> 
> Of course, there is a long Arab tradition and culture. Baghdad is one of the
> oldest cities on Earth. But is there really a nation called Iraq? My Iraqi
> ex-girlfriend claimed that there is not. It was just the bureaucracy that
> issued her passport and killed her parents.
...
> I have no sympathy for the thugs of the Ba'ath Party. They deserve what they
> get. I have sympathy for the poor bastards who will be on the receiving end
> of the shitstorm. Ordinary people. American as well as Iraqi.

I agree on that, and would add this:

- Iraq is far from the worst
- Iraq is not the most threatening
- This is a Holy War (not an Oil war)



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