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[Herb Parsons]

The problem with your analasys is that "the Big O" is rabidly anti-war. 
If he wins (and I freely admit it's a very good possibility), it will be 
interesting if he quickly learns that the job entails more than he 
originally thought, that there's more involved than just appeasing the 
left wing of the base.

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Lou,
>
> OK, you're only half nuts. You may be lucky or good, and better to be
> lucky.  Pakistan WILL be the next battleground, that's where the bad guys
> are.  IQI has mostly been run out of Iraq, and Pakistan is where they are
> re-grouping.  Read "Lone Survivor" by Mark Lutrell.  No one, not the Brits,
> not the Russians, and damn sure not the Pakastanis' have been successful in
> dealing with the Pushtun Tribes.  It would be easier to fight a battle on
> the moon. All this Bush Bashing has been fun for the last seven years but
> he'll be gone soon.  The problems still remain.  Looking back on W's
> performance, it has been pretty dismal.  We've been fighting this primitive
> mindset for 1300 years and there is no reason it couldn't have been dealt
> with overnight!  From my perspective it looks like the Big O is going to be
> the next leader.  He's a Harvard lawyer right?  I say we sue their ass and
> put John Edwards on retainer as the plaintiff's attorney.
>
> Gallows humor is probably not appropriate for so serious a subject but
> sometimes I want to live in fantasy land just as much as the next guy.
>
> Brad
>
> On Feb 13, 2008 11:36 AM, Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at nyu.edu> wrote:
>
>   
>> Brad
>>
>> Of course Im nuts I bought a boat with not even seeing if the damn
>> centerboard worked or not~!
>> (one yr lost on just that repair)
>>
>> re: my post
>>    do me a favor - save it. then when McCain has to  send troops to
>> Pakistan before the end of the decade
>>   you can read it again.
>>
>> The ISI is the elephant in the living room right now.  Nobody wants
>> to talk about it because it will open
>> up for discussion too many loose ends about 911.
>>  too F__Kin BAD!
>>
>> THe truth will come out .
>>
>> The madmad of Dead Horse Flats has spoken!
>> Lou
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Back to you Lou, are you friggin' nuts?
>>>
>>> Let me put that in more civil terms given yesterday's posts.
>>>
>>> Lou, are you friggin' NUTS?
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Feb 13, 2008 11:13 AM, Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at nyu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Stan
>>>>
>>>> I think its great that you air your opinions on this list!  That
>>>> said, I agree with your take on having leaders be totally accountable
>>>> to their decisions.
>>>> But in the case of  Iraq , Afghanistan and Pakistan going back to
>>>> 9/11/01 its not that simple.
>>>> ie:  Its going to come out sooner or later that Bush & Cheney knew
>>>> that there was a connection between Pakistan's ISI and M. Atta the
>>>> supposed ringleader of the
>>>> 9/11 hijackers.   That was only ONE  story the late Daniel Pearl was
>>>> working on when he was killed.
>>>>
>>>>  If Bush had chose to undermine any strategic importance that
>>>> Pakistan held in 2001 and instead decided to INVADE  Pakistan and
>>>> Afghanistan to find
>>>> Osama, I believe the Pakistanis would have had a chance to launch one
>>>> of their nukes either at us or at Israel causing WWIII.  I have not
>>>> an ounce of trust for the Pakistani regimes, in this regard.
>>>>
>>>> I am not defending Bush & Cheney 's decision to invade Iraq or
>>>> Afghanistan.   I firmly believe they are complicit in a many schemes
>>>> to defraud the people of America and will be held accountable at some
>>>> time, most likely in the future.
>>>>
>>>>  New  Yorkers are working on making it happen sooner go to: http://
>>>> www.nyc911initiative.org
>>>>
>>>> As Pakistan slips into anarchy and Musharaff clings to his military
>>>> for power,  we will find ourselves engaging in some sort of military
>>>> action to either suppress the anarchy or bring about
>>>> a more stable regime in that country.  All this could have been dealt
>>>> with years ago, but our foreign officers lead by this dysfunctional
>>>> administration did nothing about it.
>>>>
>>>> Lou
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> O
>>>>         
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