The Devil's Advocate Wins!!!!!!!!!!

Re: No Iraq Till '04

by maxherman, 09.21.02 05:27 pm

"Why Artists, Intellectuals, and Fans or Supporters Thereof Should not
Protest, Bash, or Otherwise Posture Against Bush/Cheney Military Policy on
Iraq for 2002," short version.

1. Artists are not in charge. They are the peanut gallery.

2. After the end of the Cold War, the enormous power vacuum left a
heretofore hidden War, which we now call the War on Terror.

3. Terrorists are pretty strong now, and will get stronger as they focus
their energies on new methods and technology.

4. Dislodging Hussein is unprecedented and risky, but it will provide
necessary resources to the anti-terror forces and deny them to terrorists.

5. Waiting is absurd, since the material is already in place and the battle
is afoot. Losing momentum would be foolish to say the least.

6. The terrorists are attacking the anti-terrorists at full speed. Their
power is at its height and they will not relent, if they are intelligent and
determined, which they manifestly are.

7. Crimes and misdemeanors by any particular agents on the anti-terror side
are relatively unimportant vis-a-vis the larger dynamics regarding the
current power vacuum.

Considering this argument I find it perhaps best and wisest for Max Herman
and Genius 2000 to remain entirely neutral on the topic of USA military
policy for the foreseeable future, inclusive of a retraction of his/its
previous position "No Iraq Till '04."

I am willing to listen to any arguments for or against this argument by the
Devil, except from you-know-who, who is not even American to begin with.

Sincerely yours,

Max Herman
genius2000

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