To Max...

[A-1 (imported)]

...whoever and where wherever you may be...

Max, I am so sorry that I have meanmouthed you...

I feel so strongly about this guy, Saddam, and you feel so strongly about George W., which is alright, that we have been butting our heads perhaps a little too hard. That, is not alright.

The thing here is, Saddam is the evil(est) of two lessers.

BY FAR!

Truly, there is no comparison. George W. is just not inherently evil like SADDAM is.

He really must go. And...he currently has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peeling.

The guy in N. Korea is all blow. He will eventually calm down. His main problem, in my estimation, is that he is scared to death. Our war manuvers in S. Korea are not acting to calm his paranoia. :redbounce

George W. has let slip the dogs of war. I believe that he can control them and I believe that he will control them, but the Middle East has many Americans still seeing red over 9-11-2001.

The best thing that I can tell you is that this segment of our society all seem to have the same attitude of Slim Pickens, the actor, demonstrated in the movie Dr. Strangelove.

They don't give a damn about living, dying, consequences or anything else. They are ready to ride that damned bomb in and to hell with the consequences.

It takes a lot to get America to this point, and I hope that it is a lesson that the Middle East (collectively) does not soon forget.

This thing must run its course. The heartland of America is pissed off and this will not stop until the pound of retribution is acquired. There is little that can change that course in the short term.

In the long term we need to start working with our Congress to make sure that it stops in the Middle East after Baghdad falls. At this rate, that will probably be sometime next week.

What makes me aggrivated the most is that the Iraqis just don't understand that there just will be no street fighting in Baghdad. This bravado that they demonstrate is plain suicidal.

If small arms fire comes from a building such as was the case in South Viet Nam, there will be no house to house fighting. They will simply call in an air strike and there will simply be no more house.

I am telling you guys, this time the armed forces are not just f***ing around. Anybody who takes a pot shot at them is DEAD MEAT.

I do not know how to make this clear to you people. This is some serious shit. The media is being controlled and this is going to have one and only one outcome. Saddam is going to be gone, if he is not dead already. Sooner or later they will get binLauden, too.

Anybody who gets in the way is in deep, deep trouble. The angst goes back clear to the fall of Siagon. That is how deep the collective psychic wound is. When the BIG MOUTHS in the Middle East started with the Viet Nam bullshit, they for all intent purposes, sealed their own fate.

I repeat, they are DEAD MEAT.

Sorry, I wish that I could say something more encouraging, but I cannot.

We are dealing with an element in America who sent Anthrax to Senator Dashele and the Supreme Court, just to state a few. They did this just to get the "Patriot Law" into place. Now that they have that they will bankrupt whoever gets in their way with legal bills.

But you know what? While I do not, no, I am in fact apalled, at their methods, I, however, understand their point. While the end here can never justify the means, the means will get the job done.

I hope that the invasion of Iraq is the end of it...but I worry.

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[Paolo]

Alright, this is how it is:

The political agendas are getting out of hand. This board wasn't created as an Us Vs. Them sounding board, but that's what it's become. It's even gotten to the point of us attacking each other.

I'm glad to see an apology, though, and I should offer one as well. Personally, I hate to things escalate to the point here on these boards to where Users do not feel comfortable in viewing or posting.

This is the case lately, as the email that I've received very clearly shows. The VBulletin hits are also getting lower, and even the JOKES forum is turing into a political arena.

Some of us are more passionate than others, and passion is a good thing.

HOWEVER .....

This whole Iraq issue - the racism, the war, the opinions - all of it - is all over the media and frankly, I'm sick to death of it already. You can't turn on the radio or TV without being bombarded by it, and I have had enough.

So have several other members.

The topic stops right here, right now. Not one more post or thread about the War on Terror, the spin-off War on Iraq, or the pending invasion of Timbuktu, for that matter! If you don't like Bush or Limbaugh, or you love Bill and Hillary or Al Gore, fine. Just don't be posting it here, at least not for a good long while.

:tongueout