[Rhodes22-list] Politics--Rik

[Rik Sandberg]

Bill,

Don't think for a minute that I am so naive as to believe that Gaddafi (Q?, 
whatever) is suddenly getting manners because he has decided he likes us. 
Quite the contrary, I'm sure. BUT, I don't care if he has manners because 
he is our friend, or because he is scared of what he knows we can do, the 
end result is, he has better manners. If he talks too big, I'm sure another 
missile in his kitchen will settle him back down for a few years.

We do have to face the fact that these people are probably NOT EVER going 
to like us. I don't think their religion would allow that. But, that is not 
to say that they shouldn't respect us. If that respect has to be had by 
virtue of a "bigger stick" then, so be it.

Rik


At 01:41 PM 4/27/2004, you wrote:
>Bill
>Interesting quote.  I don't know where you got it but
>here is my take on it.  Gaddafi is a terrorist.  The
>only reason he is coming around is that he is scared
>that the good old USA will jump on him & do to him
>what we have done to the other 2 countries.  He
>wouldn't be compling at all if it wasn't for our NEW
>show of force with our GREAT President Bush:-) It
>looks like he is trying to send us a message that if
>we push him to much that he will go back to terrorist
>activities.  Think of it like this, Arafat is a
>terrorist and will always be a terrorist - Gaddafi is
>the same way.  However, as long as we hold our big
>stick above his head; even a dog will mind.  But never
>turn you back on a mad dog - that what we are dealing
>with.
>Steve
>
>--- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> > Rik,
> >
> > It didn't take long.  Gaddafi, or Qaddafi is already
> > flipping the bird at Bush.  This is no way to run
> > foreign policy.
> >
> > Here's what the "mad dog of the middle east" said
> > yesterday:
> >
> >
> > "I hope that we shall not be prompted or obliged by
> > any evil to go back or to look backwards," Gaddafi
> > said, after defending his past support for militant
> > Third World "freedom fighters."
> >
> > "We do hope that we shall not be obliged or forced
> > one day to go back to those days when we bomb our
> > cars or put explosive belts around our beds and
> > around our women so that we will not be searched and
> > not be harassed in our bedrooms and in our homes, as
> > it is taking place now in Iraq and in Palestine."
> >
> >
> > Bill Effros
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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