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RE: death wish?
Hi,
Is this subject / email really appropriate for distribution to RADSAFE
subscribers?
Please comment,
Neil Walters
PerkinElmer Life Sciences
Boston MA 02119
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Hypes [SMTP:laradcon@HOTMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 2:27 PM
> To: sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: Re: death wish?
>
> Those of sensitivie disposition or concerned with political correctness
> are
> strongly advised to delete this message and move on.
>
> That being said, I am sick to death of hearing about how the Gulf War was
> about nothing but oil. A United States ally was invaded, and it's
> citizens
> subjected to heinous atrocities. There was a clear, attainable goal (the
> liberation of Kuwait) that our international agreements obligated us to
> try
> and achieve. And that goal was achieved.
>
> In the Balkans, we have several groups of people who have been habitually
> killing each other for centuries. The United States is not party to any
> relevant international agreements that I am aware of, and none of the
> goals
> I've heard about the region are attainable with military force. We
> haven't
> stopped genocide, we've simply postponed a vicious fued that has persisted
>
> since before the US was ruled from London.
>
> Finally, before I end this rant, I have to point out that throughout human
>
> history, economics has been a very common and accepted motivation for war.
>
> One of America's first military operations abroad was against pirates in
> the
> Med. Sea, who were interfering with US trade. A sound economy prevents
> poverty. Governments have an obligation to deal with issues that threaten
>
> the foundations of their economies.
>
> Okay, now... Sandy, if I've taken your remarks out of context or not as
> they were intended, I apologize. I don't claim to know what you think
> about
> the motivations for the Gulf War vs. the Balkans actions, and whatever
> your
> opinions you have perfect right to them, as do all of us.
>
> Please address flames to laradcon@hotmail.com, and remember that
> "pigheadded" has three 'd's.
>
> Phil Hypes
> Los Alamos Radiation Consultants
> laradcon@hotmail.com
> 505.920.9712
>
> (snip)
> >Anyone remember our fighting men in Kuwait? If it weren't for oil, do
> >you think we would have been there? The answer is clear .. it took
> >about 5 years before our fighting men went to the Balkans to stop
> >genocide. Too bad there wasn't oil in "them darn hills"!!
>
>
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