Fog of War by Robert McNamara a very enlightening book on war in general, beginning at end of WW1, then he was in WW11, then he explains the lessons hard...
I've heard good things about the book. It's on my to read list, once I plow through the stack of about a dozen I've got right now. "The Proud Tower" by Barbara...
Fear is the driving emotion for a great many people. The greatest success the Bush-Cheney team has acheived is to make people afraid, keep them afraid and give...
A base! I'm thinking that the N.Korean reasoning for launching a nuke would not be to destroy military hardware, but would strictly be to statisfy their own...
I'm not sure that I agree with the comment about Germany not having a substantial army in August 1939. I think a more accurate assessment would be that Germany...
... What I find difficult to understand is how anybody can seriously call a war to remove a secular regime who was keeping islamic fundamentalism within his...
For anybody who wants to see the full text of the speech it is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3697434.stm Regards Peter ... From: "William...
Peter, I differed with him of specific points when it came to military deployments and strategy, but I never accused Clinton of wholesale cuts or weakening the...
Bill, Peter, and All, Just to help clarify one point ... ... From: William Highfield [mailto:williamhighfield@...] Sent: Sun 10/3/2004 8:26 AM To:...
Iverson, Clark
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Oct 3, 2004 1:41 pm
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... That's hardly the exclusive domain of the right. After all, the left is quite happy to completely ignore the Second Amendment and fund things like Welfare...
... Kerry voted AGAINST the 1991 Gulf War, and only voted for authorization this time around because he was roundly criticized in 1991. As soon as it became...
Joe and All, Instead of surrending to the almost irresistible lure of straw man argument, pause a moment. My complaint is not "really" what you'd like it to...
Iverson, Clark
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Oct 3, 2004 3:58 pm
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Bill and All, Kerry may deserve quite a bit of criticism, including some of the things that you brought up, but "ultra-left" is still a misdescription there....
Iverson, Clark
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Oct 3, 2004 4:04 pm
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Could someone please enlighten me on what "far left" means, and why it is such a malevolent force? Cheers, Deepak ... From: Iverson, Clark To:...
Clark, Watching the Democratic Convention is as unlikely to give you an accurate view of the Democrats as watching the convention for the GOP. They're all...
Bill and All, Now you're on the right track. Kerry is a liberal, even if not lately. He is not "ultra-left." However, he is also not anti-war period. If he...
Iverson, Clark
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Oct 3, 2004 6:20 pm
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Dennis is the ONLY person in Congress or Senate farther to the left than John Kerry. Even Al Sharpton was closer to the center than Kerry was, and there's 19...
Deepak and All, My understanding (and there is surely more than one) is that far left connotes a political position that goes beyond traditional liberalism and...
Iverson, Clark
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Oct 3, 2004 6:30 pm
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Bill, You may want to drop a note to Representatives Barbara Lee and John Conyers, among others. I'm sure they'll be surprised by the news. Also, you are...
Iverson, Clark
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Oct 3, 2004 6:35 pm
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Clark, He voted AGAINST the 1991 war, and now says this war was the wrong war at the wrong place and the wrong time. He has stated on occassion - and ...
... I'm not saying the man is far-left, or complaining about your rebuttal of that. I was just responding to the comments about the unconstitutional and...
So, then if some of these so called 'principled' positions taken by Bush are then retarded, this then implies (no, not that his supporters are retarded), but...
And this is different from the far left, umm, how? They're offended by sexism and sexual harassment, oh, except in cases where the offender is a liberal....
Perhaps its because you have a better chance to talking to a liberal, as opposed to only be able to talk at a bushie. You do make a good point however if I may...
Then I think we're on the same page. ... From: Joseph Wheeler [mailto:wheelerj@...] Sent: Sun 10/3/2004 4:16 PM To: CAT23-Achat@yahoogroups.com ...
Iverson, Clark
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Oct 4, 2004 9:40 am
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Bill, You may be determined to ignore the description by an insider, but for those who are actually anti-war, Kerry is far from it. See, when you decide to...
Iverson, Clark
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Oct 4, 2004 9:49 am
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Clark, When two major independent organizations, one on the right and one on the left, both agree that Kerry is the Senator farthest to the left (American...
<<From: "Deepak Mohoni" <dipper@...> Subject: Re: One reason among many why Bush will be re-elected ... Could someone please enlighten me on what "far...
