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Re: My Concession (for John mostly)
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Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:36:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> I opposed getting into this war but now that we're in it I want to win.
> Unlike some here, I suspect, who would delight in an American defeat.
An American defeat is not an option (1); but the victory may be Pyrrhic if
this thing goes on through the Summer and/or with an ever increasing rate of
casualties - in many ways, that could be even worse than a defeat. :-/
Pedro
(1) - Really, it isn't. If we admit the (absurd) hypothesis that Iraq may
win, we'll easily predict the world economy sinks even deeper in the current
crisis, which is global and not US-only. So even the most fierce opponents
of this war are aware that once started, it has_to_be won by the coalition -
the alternative suits noone.
Realpolitik at its best... it took me a while to understand *why* there was
such a war-hunger in DC for six months, but now it is clear as water it was
an ingenious move. Disgusting, but ingenious nevertheless.
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| (...) Larry and Pedro, You both touch a chord, I desperately want this war to be done with. I married, and am raising children in a Quaker home, and I am comfortable with pacifism. Richard Nixon was a Quaker. I am a pragmatist. I want a quick ending (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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