> "I know this will piss off the doves, but I'm all for it.
> We owe those Somalian bastards, and it's time to collect."
 

From: willitss@pacbell.net

Subject: Yup

You have got to be kidding!

Just exactly as I predicted within days of 9-11, we already have a situation where MORE
innocent Afghan civilians have died than all of the casualties we took on that horrible day.
Over 3000 miserable dead so far, and likely over a million more to die of starvation,
exposure, and enteric disease over the course of this winter.

I look at that differently than you do.
I always flash back to Vern and those poor children in Waco.
If the adult/government in charge of your life puts you in harm's way, harm will probably come to you.

bin laden and the Taliban both knew we would be coming - and they still did what they did.
You can feel bad for the innocents who died, but I think you assign blame incorrectly.
 
 

But have we got Osama yet?  Fuck no.

What we've got is prime ground for exploitation by the greedy oil bastards
who put people like Bush in power so that he can do their bidding.

No argument, there.
 
 

Now you want to do the same in Somalia.  Payback for 1993.

"Do the same" is a little open-ended, so I can't give you a yes on no,
 but there's no doubt I want the Somali Al Qaeda glassed.
 
 

What in the bloody fuck makes you think it will go any better this time than it did in 1993,
or any better than operations to date in Afghanistan?

I wasn't there, but my best guess is Bush had horrible intelligence when he sent those men
into Somalia without armored personel carriers. Out intelligence people apparently had no idea that
bin Laden and his well-trained and ready-to-die army was so well entrenched and waiting for our guys.

bin Laden seems to like these Pearl Harbor-type of attacks.
There's a price to be paid when you fuck up that bad,
and blaming the sheriff for gunfire seems illogical to me.
 
 

What in the bloody fuck makes you think it's remotely worth it for ANY reason OTHER
than to line the pockets of the very rich bastards driving this whole sickening process?

Well, for me, it's a simple case of revenge.
I'm not going to dress it up and sugar-coat it with some "God said I should" defense.
I want them dead.

Do you remember 1993?
President Bungler sent our troops to Somalia with megatons of food.
bin Laden thanked us by murdering the food delivery personnel.
That's what we got for feeding the starving Muslims.

We didn't have any business in Somalia, Bush just wanted to soften his image
and feed some starving kids for Christmas and bin Laden caught us napping.

As a non-believer, I understand more than most what those men lost in Somalia.
They didn't ascend to a higher plane.
They they didn't go home.
They were fucking murdered.

They lost everything.
It wasn't a "temporary setback."
Their lives were extinguished because they wanted to give something back.

Sure, this could be part of the Bush Family Evil Empire's plan, but there's a score to be settled.
 

George W. Bush will make war for money and that is the only reason he will do it.
He doesn't give a flying fuck about avenging anybody's dead any more than he gives
a fuck about keeping people from dying in the first place.

I won't apologize for Weak & Stupid.
I'm just saying we have unfinished business in Somalia.

 Sidebar:
You might think your total-dove status gives you a superior perspective on this.
I say it doesn't.
I say your die hard adherence to the left wall prevents you from seeing both sides.

I admit it - I have some GOP in me.
I could lie about it, I could claim it doesn't exist, but I'm trying to be honest.
I see your point of view, but I see the military point of view, too, and as someone
weighing both sides of the argument - I want the Somali Al-Qaeda dead.
 

Why do you want to support him in yet another one of these escapades?

That's not what you meant to ask, is it?
Do I "want" to support Weak, Stupid and Unelected?

No.

Do I stand with a vast majority of Americans who think that avenging their dragging
our headless dead thru the dirty streets of Somalia is long fucking overdue?
You bet your ass.

They can raise my taxes if it means we get to settle Somalia.