Re: Kennedy In The Cuban Missile Crisis

"Raymond O'Hara" <raymond-ohara@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "William Black" <william.black@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>
>>>> He's said he isn't going to run away in Iraq or Afghanistan.
>>>>
>>>> That'll do for me...
>>>>
>>>
>>> yeah double down on a losing hand.
>>>
>>> and don't equate iraq with afghanistan.
>>> nobody has ever doubted af-g-stan was thr right move.
>>> iraq is a wrong diversion.
>>>
>>
>> That doesn't matter now.
>>
>> What matters is that the USA MUST not be seen as a country that was 
>> defeated by a gang of fanatics in bed sheets with nothing but 
>> Kalashnikovs and their faith.
>>
>> Because I don't want to live in a world where fanatics in bed sheets
beat 
>> the major powers.
>>
>> The USA doesn't have to win,  but they do have to stay in the game.
>>
>> Because once they're out of the game,  they're out for at least a 
>> generation.
>>
>> -- 
>> William Black
>
> so we need to keep the war going to show we're tough. i think i remrmber

> that from the viet nam war.
> you don't fight wars to show your tough.

It's not about 'we need to keep the war going to show we're tough',  it's 
about not being beaten.

-- 
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time,  like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.