Glider Pilot Running for US President

Christian Husvik wrote:

But seriously: I think you should vote for a president who actually
knows what war is and has experienced one.


That's just what W. did last year, didn't he ?


I don't know. He did start one or two, but he didn't actively take part
himself, did he?

Right (if you except his 2 hours visit to Baghdad !).

What I meant is he "experienced" war just like a scientist trying an
"experience" on mice - if it fails, no problem, he'll try on other mice
(who's next : Iran ?)

[back on topic] the pity is that Afghanistan, Iraq, Arabia and most of
this region have very good soaring conditions... and that W's
experiences make enjoying soaring there even less likely than before :-(

But seriously: I think you should vote for a president who actually
knows what war is and has experienced one.
Wait until the suicide bombers blow up a bank in Zurich...
Won't happen. That's where they keep their money.

sigh
apparently my thinly disguised attempt to get you guys over to
alt.politics.bush or alt.security.terrorism
has failed woefully ;(

Even before George W. Bush was elected, his likely strategy seemed to
be that he'd take the US into a war with Iraq to reap the political
benefits in 2004 (and for some other bad reasons that you probably
know about). Recent revelations show that preparations to invade Iraq
did, in fact, start only a few days after inaguration day.

Then 9-11 came along and created an opportunity for Bush to make his
(non-sequitor) arguments that an invasion of Iraq would:
1) make the US more secure from the threat of terrorism AND
2) be a positive step against world wide nuclear proliferation.

IMHO, the sad truths are;
1) Bush's actions in Iraq have created the perfect conditions for a
new generation of America hating people in the Islamic world. How
much better it would have been for the US to be on a course of energy
independence from the middle east and, therefore, much more able to
constructively engage that region to lift itself out of the middle
ages. There's little doubt that we're now, and for a long time to
come, *less* secure than before;
AND
2) the best way to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons is
through the vigilance of strong international bodies and individual
nations cooperating to pursue compliance with the Non-Proliferation
Treaty. Unfortunately, George Bush's behavior has damaged the
viability of these international bodies and the US's credibility to
lead these efforts within the international community... again we've
become *less* secure and I'm just hoping the a WMD doesn't come
floating into the US in a shipping container.

I just logged on to learn more about the best CG position for my
glider. But, I just couldn't resist pointing out that the emperor
wears no clothes!

Well, for a European watching any news station in the US, it is amazing how
little information is actually passed (don't even mention background
information)...

--
Bert Willing

ASW20 "TW"


"Steve Bralla" a écrit dans le message de
...

CNN & Fox brainwashing seems to work perfectly.

--
Bert Willing

Bert,
I got a big kick out of you linking Fox and CNN. In the USA, the right
wing
calls CNN the Clinton News Network or the Communist News Network. And
they
think Fox is "fair and balanced." Why do they think that? Fox tells
them,
every chance they get.

Steve
Hoping the rainstops this weekend so I can fly!

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:38:10 +0100, "Bert Willing"
wrote:

Well, for a European watching any news station in the US, it is amazing how
little information is actually passed (don't even mention background
information)...

Hey - they passed all the information you could wish (and more) for
about Nipplegate...

Clear prove that all necessary information about the really important
things in life is passed.



Bye
Andreas

Eric wrote:

I just logged on to learn more about the best CG position for my
glider. But, I just couldn't resist pointing out that the emperor
wears no clothes!

The best CG of the world for W must be in the White House
(or is it in Texas ? ;-) )

--
Denis

R. Parce que ça rompt le cours normal de la conversation !!!
Q. Pourquoi ne faut-il pas répondre au-dessus de la question ?

Well, for a European watching any news station in the US, it is amazing how
little information is actually passed (don't even mention background
information)...

Very True. It is eye opening how much different the News is on BBC, CTV
(Canadian) and other nations than in America. I wonder what it would actually
take to get unbiassed news?

"Shaber CJ" wrote in message
...
Well, for a European watching any news station in the US, it is amazing
how
little information is actually passed (don't even mention background
information)...

Very True. It is eye opening how much different the News is on BBC, CTV
(Canadian) and other nations than in America. I wonder what it would
actually
take to get unbiassed news?

Wasn't there just a major finding in Britain about how "unbiased" the BBC
news is?

BBC: Baghdad Broadcasting Corp.

Let's get back to soaring....please!

Cheers, Charles

Bert,
See what I mean about the right wing view of CNN.

Steve

Craig, you are hopeless - you are advocating strategies that have
been proven ineffective - you sound like a "****ed off" guy who
has had some business deals blow up in his face - and who has
lost money in the sick stock market - you are watching way too
much CNN.

, "Bert Willing" writes:

Well, for a European watching any news station in the US, it is amazing how
little information is actually passed (don't even mention background
information)...

--
Bert Willing

ASW20 "TW"


"Steve Bralla" a écrit dans le message de
...

CNN & Fox brainwashing seems to work perfectly.

--
Bert Willing

Bert,
I got a big kick out of you linking Fox and CNN. In the USA, the right
wing
calls CNN the Clinton News Network or the Communist News Network. And
they
think Fox is "fair and balanced." Why do they think that? Fox tells
them,
every chance they get.

Steve
Hoping the rainstops this weekend so I can fly!