Re: OT: Military Ranks/Computers : WAS Re: newbie question on cobol syntax

Alistair wrote:
On 30 Apr, 01:53, LX-i <lxi0...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And, I find it really strange that Pelosi and company didn't have time
for the President of this country (who offered to meet with them to
discuss foreign policy), and the didn't have time to meet with General
Petraeus, the new US commander in Iraq. However, she *did* have time to
go meet with Bahar Assad, the president of Syria (a state sponsor of
terrorism)

<blood boiling mode>

And I presume that the good-ole US of A has not ever nor does it now
sponsor terrorism? Need I remind you of arms to Iran or of the
Contras? How about the continued support for the IRA and the
inconsistent support for the NI peace process ?

</blood boiling mode>

Yes - we also supported the Taliban against the Russian-controlled Afghanistan government, for the same reason we supported the Contras - they fight against Communism. We can only fight so many battles at a time, and have traditionally relied on diplomacy and the diplomacy of others to handle regional disputes.

I looked and didn't find anything describing US support of the IRA or the Northern Ireland peace process. Maybe we screwed up - it certainly wouldn't be a first for our nation. But the failures of the past are *no* excuse for continued failure. Failure only stays failure if you fail to learn - and I'd like to think that we're learning as we go along. (In Afghanistan, we knew what kind of weapons the Taliban had, because we had probably sold it to them!)

And, to the best of my knowledge, the IRA hasn't threatened our national security. Though it makes for entertaining cinema, we're *not* the world police.

And a final point about Pelosi's trip - Syria harbors terrorists, is sympathetic to them, and is even letting them cross into Iraq to fight our (US) soldiers! Why go see Assad? Was Satan unavailable?

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