[extropy-chat] Re: Nam

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Are you going to blame the people for telling the truth about this  
> outrageous stupidity to the best of their abilities to know it?   My 
> motive is to get the US out of their and bring in the UN for the  
> purpose of returning the country to the Iraqis.   The economic blow  
> will be far worse imho if we stay.   I also disagree that our being  
> there saves more lives than if we left.

Samantha, who do you think historically makes up the bulk of UN
peacekeeping forces? The UN has about 57,000 peacekeeping troops
deployed around the world, most of whom are 'observers' without any
capacity even to defend themselves, never mind protect others. There is
absolutely no way the UN could take control of things in Iraq without
the US being the bulk of its force. You are also being ignoring
history, as well as being unrealistic: the UN already came into Iraq,
got bombed, turned tail, and ran screeching like a little girl.

You can disagree all you want about numbers of lives saved, but the
numbers contradict your beliefs.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


		
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