On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 02:26  PM, Carol Darnell wrote:

> Oh Brice....  was that necessary?
>
> Actually, we've been involved in the Middle East, to one extent or
> another,
> since WWII.  The names and regimes and even national boundaries have
> changed, but the conflicts remain.  If you REALLY want to split hairs,
> we
> (using a larger WE) have been involved there since the Middle Ages.
>
> I for one am fed up to the gills with humanity's fondness for finding
> any
> little excuse to emulate ant colonies attempting to decimate
> neighboring
> ant colonies.  Religious wars, political wars, economic wars, even
> philosophical wars are simply an interesting exercise in the exertion
> of
> power, with a side order of population control.

Right ON!!  I would just add diplomatic wars to your list.

FW

"We are in the process of doing things in defense of our society which
may very well produce a society which is not worth defending." - John
LeCarre

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