>>>>>Mike, Mike, Mike. You should really lose the delusion that freedom will "spread throughout the Middle East, Asia, and Africa." It ain't gonna happen. It isn't even going to last in Iraq when we are no longer there to prop it up at gunpoint. Iraq will plunge into civil war and at the end of it a new strongman -- more likely, a Muslim theocracy similar to the one in Iran -- will emerge. Iraqis won't be any more free than they ever were.
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>>>>Is the former Soviet Union part of Asia? Just curious, I couldn't find it on Google...
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>>>Actually it is part of both Asia and Europe. What's your point?
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>>Actually, I've already made my point with the person I was discussing it with. Why are you so antagonistic?
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>I am not being antagonistic. I truly did not get your point, and still don't. Any antagonism I feel is toward the yo-yos we have in charge in Washington, not toward anyone here.
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>This editorial in today's NY Times says pretty much exactly what I think about them. Including the part about all of us having a vested interest in President Bush somehow managing to right the ship.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/08/opinion/08tue1.htmlWhat ship is that? The Titanic?
