Re: Bush planning nuke attack on Iran?

Everybody's Gonna Be Happy wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
JB wrote:
That's sort of how I view the Middle East.
It's condescending, paternalistic, insulting and demeaning
hubris like this that makes much of the world hate us so.
<snip>
We simply cannot force alien cultures to be like us. It takes a lot of time for primitive, backward cultures to develop and join the modern world, and bombs and demands for "democracy" don't seem to accomplish much in helping that along.

Exactly right, I mean bombing the hell out of Pat Robertson and
Jerry Falwell would only strengthen their primitive and backward
cultures.

--
Ken Fortenberry
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