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To: rbmillerjr
With the Muslim world, ANY action is a triumph for their side. If you use diplomacy, they say you are weak. If you try increased pressure, they call you a bully. And if you bomb the heck out of them, they play the victim and everyone on the left (plus the EU and the UN) calls you a warmonger and ramps up their protests and "hate America" junk, while a bunch of NGO's run over to the Middle East and give them aid.

I assume that the reason the Blair (and Bush) didn't choose door number three is that they have other considerations right now. PR is not particularly high on their list, given the level of vitriol already running amok in the Arab world.

20 posted on 04/04/2007 7:21:46 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Prayers for Jemian's son,: Lord, please keep him safe and bring him home .)
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To: Miss Marple

“I assume that the reason the Blair (and Bush) didn’t choose door number three is that they have other considerations right now”

What other considerations? The war in Iraq is nearly lost due to the Democrats. The general WOT is still in play and Iran is the biggest player in that war. They just challenged us and we came up small. Now, like I’ve said previously, if the UK/US retaliate after getting the 15 hostages back, they can redeem themselves. If they let the 5 Al Quds Iranian special ops guys go, our government are weak failures.


26 posted on 04/04/2007 7:37:58 AM PDT by rbmillerjr ("Message to radical jihadis...come to my hood, it's understood ------ it's open season" Stuck Mojo)
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To: Miss Marple
I assume that the reason the Blair (and Bush) didn't choose door number three is that they have other considerations right now.

Frankly, I'm getting tired of the 'let's turn the whole Middle East into a sheet of glass' claptrap. We have the chance to turn some things around there, and as you said, being a bully about it with the entire populace doesn't help one bit. You have to be selective who you pin against the wall. There are a very few who actually have power in Iran, and we shouldn't punish regular people for the idiocy of the mullahs and folks like Mr. Iwannajihad.

36 posted on 04/04/2007 7:51:40 AM PDT by SuziQ
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