On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:27:16 GMT, (Grantland)
wrote:

Ed Rasimus wrote:

In Iraq, we saw this weekend the acceptance of an interim constitution
with compromise between Sunni and Shi'ite factions on a government.
The insurgents continue to cause damage, but they harm their nation's
people much more than the US forces and beyond the liberals in
America, the ones that are suffering and recognizing them for what
they are will be the people of a free and democratic Iraq.

Ex post facto rationalization for a stupid blunder at the instigation
of obvious traitors. Enjoy your false and absurdly expensive phoney
moral gratification, stupid slave.

Grantland

You've demonstrated extensive vocabulary, but poor rationale. You've
contributed little to the discussion, but it's nice to see you're
participating.

I'm no one's slave. I don't have the slightest clue what your comment
relates to, but by position can only assume that you're talking about
the last paragraph. How a prediction of political reaction to the
insurgent's random terrorist attacks can be "ex post facto" escapes
me. Rationale (or rationalization) is usually going to be expressed
after events.

What blunder? Bringing the political forces of Iraq to the table and
starting the process to constitutional democracy?

What traitors? The Sunnis or Shi'ites? Or the insurgents still loyal
to Saddam?

My opinions, honestly expressed can't by definition be false. Moral
gratification can not, by definition have expense. Morality is within
the holder, and therefore while it might be wrong can seldom be
phoney.

And, as for comparative intelligence, between you and me, I'll let
others be the judge of stupidity.

If you've got an argument to make, do so. But reduce the screeds to
squealing in your own pathetic crib.



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8