Buckley Throws In the Towel

Folks,

Bill Buckley concedes USA defeat in Iraq (his words):

http://tinyurl.com/pt4oe

But he does not concede he was wrong. Nonetheless, since the top conservative
thinker has
spoken, all the underling thinkers will scramble to say they were always against
the war,
assign blame, etc.

When USA lost the war in Vietnam, US prestige dropped, trade patterns changed,
Soviet
Union's prestige heightened.

Emboldened, Soviets invaded Afghanistan, China invaded Vietnam, Vietnam invaded
Cambodia, all self-inflicted disasters and a waste of newly-won prestige on the
part of the
winners.

On the other hand, Americans retreated into disco... Pres. Carter lead the way
to massive new
freedoms for US citizens (deregulation in transportation, common carriers,
telecommunications, beer making and other fields). Our puppets fell like
dominoes... the
Shah in Iran, Duvalier in Haiti, Torrijos in Panama, Somoza in Nicaragua, Marcos
in the
Philippines... and many others, a rather nasty lot. Not that elements in the
US government
did not getting busy coming up with new puppets; Saddam Hussein, Osama bin
Laden, and
other bad boys were created, trained and supported by USA. The Hamiltonians
were down, but not out.

In Iraq, all of the anger in the Moslem world was focussed on USA. About a
fifth of China's
territory is populated by Moslems. China shares a common border with
Afghanistan. China
wants oil. That USA would invade Iraq was a dream come true for the Chinese...
Moslem
unrest in China would be directed against USA, Moslem friendship would direct
oil towards
China. Peace and prosperity for China, USA bogged down in an unwinnable war,
USA
transferring technology to China, China paying for it with US dollars gained by
selling us
video game players. And our government gets busy searching our luggage. For
China, USA
policy could not be better.

I believe one reason USA has not been attacked again since 9-11 is simply
because the
Chinese are workng very hard to prevent it. Although bringing down our financial
infrastructure by destroying the internet, or a repeat of 9-11, or WMD smuggled
into our
ports are all very easy options, none has happened. Another attack on USA would
cost China
far more than USA. Whatever China can do worldwide to prevent an attack on USA,
I imagine
China is doing.

In the meantime, China is making friends wherever it can, especially any place
with oil...

http://tinyurl.com/nlml9

And since the Chinese were against the US invasion of Iraq, their prestige is
heightening.

The best possible scenario is when we high-tail it out of Iraq, the Chinese make
the mistake
of moving in. The bottom line will be economics, and since the USA pays the
highest price in
the world for oil (and everything else) the Moslems will wonder how come they
have to sell to
China cheap when USA will pay more. Could cause some consternation.

And where we have withdrawn things improve, as in the Balkans, where what was
recently a
hotbed of inter-religious terrorist violence is now a hotbed of interreligious,
well... hotbeds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4746082.stm (Doesn't she look like Jodie
Foster?)

So, anyone know a good disco ball designer?

John

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