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what exactly do you folks mean by "doing anything"?
is it assumed that "doing something" means doing something militarily? why?
the sanctions regime imposed on iraq worked--the bush administration did not like this, but the facts have since demonstrated--with great clarity--that they worked.
north korea is in many ways more complex, but still the un seems a more logical route to go than the cowboy route.
it's going to be diplomacy, folks.
to my amazement, i agree with ustwo: the states is crippled--but i think mostly as a function of the mind-bending incompetence of the bush administration itself. perhaps this moment of agreement would be dissipated if he explained what he meant by "political context" in his post--i have the feeling that he blames opposition to the bush administration rather than the administration itself, but who knows.
o yes: mojo--i do not think bush is the devil.
he is just a guy, just a kind of fuck up.
in geopolitical strategy terms, his administration is a disaster, and his administration is the main reason the us find itself with no good options in this situation. and the stakes are quite high.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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