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Posted by Bill Fright on 08/15/06 13:38
mv@movingvision.co.uk wrote:
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> Just to add a note to my previous rant, and in case anyone takes my
> cynical irony for a declaration of support for our Bush/Blair
> governments strategies and tactics, I certainly don't. There can only
> ever be one solution to this clash of civilisations and that's through a
> critical degree of mutual respect and the application of fair play.
> Education and enlightened exploration of truth being fundamental. The
> principal of 'Do as you would be done by' being equally important. One
> sidedness, selfishness and hypocrisy, on both sides, need mitigating.
> One thing that is now very clear, the possession of the best arms is
> never going to provide sufficient superiority to ensure a secure
> victory, and the enormous disproportion of carnage death and destruction
> (over a quarter of a million people in the Muslim world have now been
> killed by the Anglo American alliance, the great majority of them
> civilians) consequent to our attempts to win such an unobtainable
> victory can only lead to a scenario where things get worse. Clearly it's
> time to do some sustainable deals.
Here Here! Well said. I'd love to notice thoughtful deeds that have been
sorely missing in our government - and others.
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