Iraq

[David Morris]

On 4/17/07, Lawrence Bryan <lebryan at speakeasy.org> wrote:
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> >On Apr 17, 2007, at 6:03 AM, David Morris wrote:
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>>>On 4/16/07, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> just thinking today watching news of massacre in Virginia, thought
that's happening every_day_ in iraq.
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>>Sure.  But the everyday killers in Iraq are vying for political
dominance and fighting a factional war that's been ongoing for
centuries.  We, the US, did cause the collapse of the previously
stable, but brutal regime, which itself was the byproduct of European
colonialism a type of brutality itself.
>>
>>But besides the loss of life, there is no parallel with the massacre
at Virginia Tech.
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> Why does this statement remind me of that 60's joke, "Aside from that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"

Very snarky, Mr. Bryan.

Did you happen to read the exchange after this one with Mike Bailey?
I admitted some comparison, but still objected to leveraging the
V.Tech massacre for Iraq political points, despite the fact that I
hate this current president and his Iraq war.  While we're mentioning
levels of killing around the world, why stop there?  These are both
but chump change to other levels of world indifference.

If you want to make some political hay out of the V.Tech massacre, I
suggest gun control is a much better topic.

David Morris