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mffanaddict

- 31 Jul 08
- 1:35 am
I take up wolf's remarks one by one hopefully wolf can read this and think about it re: "we've just destroyed the country . . . " wolf blithely says the country was "pretty dysfunctional" already. Say that's true. Out of about 28 million, as a result of the war about 1 million were killed, and 4 million were made refugees (half inside the country, half outside). By wolf logic, since it was "pretty dysfunctional" the extreme carnage caused by us is of little moment, couldn't possibly constitute destroying the country. "if we apply . . . worse crime." wolf likens …

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- 03 Aug 08
- 11:30 pm
Yeah, I think you're right, Nevada. I'm over 40 now, and what "never ceases to amaze me" is how "polite" conversation (even among leftish/alternative "Nation"-reader type of folks) turns on just this point. Everyone has to sort of agree that the US is a "force for good in the world" (etc.). See Obama's "Audacity," for example. He quickly states that he tuned in to the exact moment, in college dorm conversations, where things get "too" victim-ish and blame-America-first-ish. He's not into that, he writes (signal to the establishment: I won't engage Israel/Palestine or Venezuela, Cuba, or whatever country in a FUNDAMENTALLY …

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