Krauthammer consults martians re: US mideast policy!!!

[KG]

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/03/30/Opinion/_Real_war__on_terror_.shtml

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Thought experiment: Bring in a completely neutral observer - a Martian - and point out to him that the United States is involved in two hot wars against radical Islamic insurgents. One is in Afghanistan, a geographically marginal backwater with no resources, no industrial and no technological infrastructure. The other is in Iraq, one of the three principal Arab states, with untold oil wealth, an educated population, an advanced military and technological infrastructure which, though suffering decay in the later Saddam years, could easily be revived if it falls into the right i.e. wrong hands. Add to that the fact that its strategic location would give its rulers inordinate influence over the entire Persian Gulf region, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Persian Gulf states. Then ask your Martian: Which is the more important battle? He would not even understand why you are asking the question.
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i always thought this wingnut was way out there. now i know how far out :eyes:

[soothsayer]

1. give the martian some opium and tell him where he can get it

[trumad]

2. Yeah Charles---

and maybe your Jet Plane will crash on a deserted Island and you'll be able to walk again... :eyes:

[yellowcanine]

3. Now we know where the neocons get their foreign policy savvy.

[whistle]

4. Actually he comes from the Inner Kingdom of Hollow Earth

[NewJeffCT]

5. Did the oracle at Delphi tell him that about the martians?

or maybe Nostradamus?

[Fresh_Start]

6. First Question Martian will ask is WHY the hell US is

involved in two hot wars against radical Islamic insurgents neither of which are on/near the USA?

[shadowknows69]

7. Fuck it, humans can't seem to deal with it

I suggest we ask the Dolphins first though.

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. Better ask them quick -

I hear there's a freeway coming through...

[RaleighNCDUer]

9. Of course, don't consider telling the Martian that while we were

already engaged in Afghanistan we picked a fight with Iraq, which had no Islamic terrorists at the time, and destroyed the country's leadership and infrastructure, creating an environment in which Islamic terrorists could thrive.

Because if you do mention that, the Martian's only response could be "What the fuck were you thinking?!"

[madinmaryland]

10. I thought Krauthammer was a Martian.

[Forkboy]

11. Does said Martian have a Space Modulator?