tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3594510673371004386..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: And If He Doesn't Win?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-51821753340628445452008-10-30T10:11:00.000-07:002008-10-30T10:11:00.000-07:00Hishighness, I hear you what you’re saying. Howeve...Hishighness, I hear you what you’re saying. However, there is a serious problem with supporting dictators. So-called terrorists not only resent dictators but also resent the governments who prop them up such as US. Resentment builds up and hence you have terrorists coming from Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It also demonstrates that US only cares about self-interest and gives a hoot to democracy. The farce of bringing democracy to Iraq and Afghanistan becomes even more obvious. If we seek our self-interest in a more judicious ways then we may have less terrorism. <BR/><BR/>Remember terrorism is not a religion, hobby or ideology. It is lashing out in a state of helplessness. Then over time it builds a momentum of its own.LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-73856453701547813232008-10-30T09:16:00.000-07:002008-10-30T09:16:00.000-07:00I share your concern, Mike. The Republicans are s...I share your concern, Mike. The Republicans are so aggressively working to purge voters lists and employ their usual bag of dirty tricks that I think another rigged election will have a previously unseen blowback and not just from America's visible minorities.<BR/><BR/>Your Highness - I like Gwynne Dyer's take on fears about democracy in the Middle East. He accepts it might usher in one or two radical governments but his point is that the ME is so dependent on oil revenues that no matter how radical the government they'll still have no option but to sell us every drop of oil they can get us to pay for. I think he's right.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-86438597765654209502008-10-30T08:51:00.000-07:002008-10-30T08:51:00.000-07:00I hate to be over the top, but if McCain wins, I w...I hate to be over the top, but if McCain wins, I would expect unrest and rioting that make the OJ trial and 1968 look like a bar fight. Dare I say possible civil war and insurrection.<BR/><BR/>The reason being that right now the only way Obama won't win, apart from the "dead girl live boy" scenario, is because of massive, blatant vote fraud and Republican dirty tricks.<BR/><BR/>In other words, pure Republican and Red State malfeasance. There is no way Democratic voters - especially Black voters - will put up with that again for at least the 2nd if not the 3rd time in 8 years.<BR/><BR/>Its going to be very interesting Tuesday...Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941875334878452635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-12696945287117604562008-10-30T08:39:00.000-07:002008-10-30T08:39:00.000-07:00If McCain wins I'm might just become a hermit.And ...If McCain wins I'm might just become a hermit.<BR/><BR/>And as for Saudi Arabia, I think it would be foolish to mess with them before the U.S. (and us for that matter although we're not going to with our current government) attain energy independence. To do otherwise would be foolish.Hishighnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055273254536503609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-82102882500836413862008-10-30T08:33:00.000-07:002008-10-30T08:33:00.000-07:00Washington has backed dictators but only out of pe...Washington has backed dictators but only out of perceived self-interest. The electoral wins by Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon seem to have made the White House turn its back on democratic reform in the Muslim world. Unfortunately that's not in America's long term interests.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-65970646013318119542008-10-30T08:02:00.000-07:002008-10-30T08:02:00.000-07:00I have my doubts that America will ever challenge ...I have my doubts that America will ever challenge Mubarak or for that matter Sheiks of Saudi Arabia. These are the 'good' dictators according to American official policy. <BR/><BR/>So far American leaders have embraced that policy and I hope Obama will question it.LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-84030059635953286252008-10-30T07:42:00.000-07:002008-10-30T07:42:00.000-07:00I think I have a pretty good idea, Anon, and it's ...I think I have a pretty good idea, Anon, and it's not "radical Islam." I believe that a population has to be radicalized and that it takes an awful lot of oppression and frustration to get there. I believe our leaders truly fear a democratic Middle East, just as I believe those fears are misplaced.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-59831792761292228372008-10-30T07:31:00.000-07:002008-10-30T07:31:00.000-07:00"to find out what's driving moderate Muslims to gi..."to find out what's driving moderate Muslims to give the extremists the support without which they cannot function?"<BR/><BR/>You know the answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com