[Vision2020] Tet Offensive

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Yes, blindingly brilliant, once I remembered that the Confederacy was made 
up of a mixture of Sunni Arabs, Shiite Arabs, and Kurds, who had once lived 
under the US Constitution.  That was why we were able to have them accept 
the outcome of the Civil War.

Now, can you point to a single place in the Middle East where democracy was 
imposed by a foreign invader?  You seem to be saying that is the reason for 
our illegal invasion of Iraq.  If that was the reason, why was that not part 
of a national debate before the invasion?  Shouldn't we have some assessment 
of whether it's been done before, and whether it's possible now?

I don't expect you to answer that question, but if you're going to accuse me 
of clouding the issue, you should be honest enough to try.  Suprise me, 
won't you?

And since you also talk of uneducated third worlders in a tone that at best 
is patronizing and at worst racist (your use of the word 'raghead' cements 
that view), don't you remember that supporters of the war claimed that 
transformation of Iraq would be easy because of its highly-educated 
population?

Sunil


>From: "Tony" <tonytime at clearwire.net>
>To: "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Tet Offensive
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:47:19 -0800
>
>Thank you Sunil.  I thought that particular post of mine was particularly 
>brilliant.  Kind of you to acknowledge that.
>
>Best,  -T