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rshow55
- 09:48am Jan 29, 2003 EST (#8300
of 8313) Can we do a better job of finding truth?
YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and
worked for on this thread.
Can Iraq, or any other Islamic nation, do exactly
what the Bush administration hopes - in exactly the way that
is being asked?
There are religous aspects to the question, but some even
more basic ones, as well.
People are afraid - more afraid than they like to admit
- and whenever they are being asked to do things very
different from the things they are used to doing - whenever
they are asked to depart from the social usages that they
expect, and others expect of them - people are afraid for good
reasons.
Are we asking Iraqis to do things that, as human beings,
they can reasonably be asked to do?
If people recognized those reasons more clearly - a great
deal might be sorted out. Could it be that Iraq, within
its limits - is trying hard to accomodate the UN? There
certainly is evidence on that side.
I certainly agree that "regime change" is going to be
necessary in Iraq. But the question of what reasonable changes
may be seems open, still - not just to me, but to other
people.
Could we find ways to meet our needs that dealt with
their limitations as well? Is war the best answer to
that question?
If it is, it would have to be a war fought with more
understanding than the Bush administration seems to be
showing, it seems to me.
Cooper, I like the idea of going to Chicago - and I'm
thinking maybe we could meet Saturday. Perhaps in a museum, or
some other well lighted place, to start with. But I do
have some concerns. Whether you happen to like them or not.
I'll be writing you by the end of the day - - I will say this
- I'll only go down to Chicago if I have your phone number -
and both my wife and I have talked to you over the phone. I
have a number of things I have to think about. One is, what
you are trying to prove?
rshow55
- 09:58am Jan 29, 2003 EST (#8301
of 8313) Can we do a better job of finding truth?
YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and
worked for on this thread.
Just got a promotional phone call - with a number I would
have liked to write down - but didn't get.
Maybe that happened at random - but the voice stress was
high on the call - and the deal sounded very interesting. I
was too distracted to get the number.
When that sort of thing happens - you can only guess what
it means - and the likelihood is that the guess can be wrong.
A problem is that, when everybody's scared - more-or-less
random things like that can lead to big understandings. If I
get other promotional calls today - I'll try to have a pencil
ready.
lchic
- 10:04am Jan 29, 2003 EST (#8302
of 8313) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~
"" George Bush accused Saddam Hussein of "utter contempt"
for the United Nations last night, saying the Iraqi leader was
systematically deceiving the international community.
In some of his most uncompromising language yet, designed
to prepare his country for war, President Bush said Saddam had
ignored his "final chance to disarm" as laid down by UN
resolution 1441.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=373667
rshow55
- 10:17am Jan 29, 2003 EST (#8303
of 8313) Can we do a better job of finding truth?
YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and
worked for on this thread.
Maybe Saddam is actually doing the best he can - and would
do better (as would his subordinates) if they actually knew
how.
The UN might consider this in detail - and maybe talk to
the Iraqis about just this. Some contempt, going both ways, is
to be expected. But the Iraqis have shown some good
faith, as well.
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