tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042921002403024633.post9205160617056708627..comments2023-10-31T09:08:48.973-04:00Comments on Kung Pao Chitlins: Outrage-ometer: IN THE REDkungpaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285279635743417304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042921002403024633.post-44545977869472752552007-06-03T22:31:00.000-04:002007-06-03T22:31:00.000-04:00The only thing that's driving Al Qaeda is the idea...The only thing that's driving Al Qaeda is the idea of America as empire. We'll leave Iraq the same way the British left Palestine and the French Algeria, with a hell of a bill to pay, and a shitty taste in our mouths. <BR/><BR/>Remember: If we hadn't left troops in Saudi Arabia in the 90's, Osama would be smoking pot in some Dubai Penthouse, blowing the family fortune on Moldovan Hookers and probably working on his application essay to SAIS. <BR/><BR/>It's different. I don't know how it's different but it is. I think the Japanese, Italians, Germans and Koreans had legitimate fears of Communism or the Russians or the Chinese and welcomed us-- I don't think anyone other than the Kurds and the Kuwaitis would host us, and make the choice to trade a bit of their sovereignty for more security. <BR/><BR/>And Fallujah already looks like Okinawa, but in 1945.kungpaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285279635743417304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042921002403024633.post-13731122120491910942007-06-02T19:03:00.000-04:002007-06-02T19:03:00.000-04:0050 Years In Iraq? We don't "do" disengagement ver...50 Years In Iraq? We don't "do" disengagement very well. We could "leave" next week, but Fallujah will probably resemble Okinawa in 2035.Jim Arkedishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809086971086406285noreply@blogger.com