Subj : Current events To : RICHARD WEBB From : BOB KLAHN Date : Sat Feb 19 2011 18:09:16 BK>> Well... yeah. And we should pull the 5th fleet out of Bahrain. BK>> They have the same sort of protests, and are killing the BK>> protestors. We don't need to be getting tied to that. RW> INdeed we should, but probably won't. Of course we won't. That would take facing down the republicans. The administration would defend their failure to do that as "picking our battles." This is the battle they should chose to fight. ... RW>> MIght be, but still imho appeared to be another despotic RW>> state, iow a theocracy. BK>> So is Israel, but that doesn't stop us from supporting them. Iran BK>> was on the way to democracy. Who knows how much of the detour is BK>> due to Bush trashing them. RW> WHO can tell, but as for ISrael, I haven't been an ISrael RW> supporter for a long time. I hold that the only right to exist Israel has is the same as any other nation, the fact that they do exist. That does not imply a requirement on our part that we support every extreme thing they do. ... RW>> wHole region is still a powderkeg, and likely to get worse RW>> as climate conditions change. BK>> Yeah, but climate change is a fraud don't you know. Ask the BK>> Australians swimming in their streets, or the Chinese enjoying BK>> their extended dry spell, or the African nations now getting ready BK>> to fight over the Nile water. RW> I'm supposed to buy into the assertion this is a fraud made RW> by the same scamsters who ripped off the American taxpayer RW> to the tune of millions for this tarp horse hockey. I'm gonna rush right out and do that.> You do realize that was the ironic form of speech, don't you? ... RW>> Agreed, to a point. Local self determination is always RW>> preferrable, but i have the same objections to a RW>> "christian" theocracy, or any other theocracy for that RW>> matter. BK>> I agree. As I said, mix government and religion and it's bad for BK>> both. RW> OF course it is, but we still have plenty of that mixture, RW> and the religionists want more. Obama should abolish the Office of Faith Based Initiatives. Straight out abolish it as unconstitutional. ... BK>> Need to also declare any corporate involvement in suppressing BK>> human rights won't be tolerated, and we don't care what country BK>> that corporation is from. RW> But then we'd be severely punishing our own, and punishing RW> the biggest ISrael boosters from their NEw York City board RW> rooms. I feel so sad for them. (Stopping to wipe a tear from the corner of my eye.) ... BK>> Just today reading the reason Al Qaeda has been totally silent on BK>> Egypt, it's a denial of everything Al Qaeda stands for. Seems Al BK>> Qaeda hates the Muslim Brotherhood. The MB renounced BK>> violence, and this revolution was pulled off peacefully. Al Qaeda BK>> stands for violent revolution, and this shows them up badly. RW> COol! ... BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn .... I'm a practicing Christian...someday I may be good at it... --- Via Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg] * Origin: Doc's Place BBS Fido Since 1991 docsplace.tzo.com (1:123/140) .