I need clarification wrote:


While I applaud your taking a contrarian view in the Caltrops forum, I must give two emphatic thumbs down to your being so stupid while doing it.

This whole "France is our best friend"/"France is the DEVIL" argument is stupid in general, even more stupid when put in the context of whether they're helping out the United States at the moment or whether they have in the past, and even MORE stupid when its you doing half the arguing.

Ray, of light may be the Klass Klown of Kaltrops that we all enjoy laughing at (or with, whatever), but he was right a few weeks ago when he stated that war is simply another option for nations looking to improve their financial stature or security. Certainly, we (meaning the US) seem far more concerned with Iraq than we do with North Korea, Serbia, the Congo, Israel, or any other potential hotspots around the globe. Since I called you a big fat Rush Limbaugh clone, you can call me an incredibly handsome Ted Rall clone, but it's pretty clear that what Iraq has that all the others don't is LOTSA LOTSA oils. Clearly, there's a huge interest for our country (don't forget, we use more oil than any other country on the planet).

But wait a minute. What if France wants to use some of that oil? And what if they think that helping the US overrun Bagdad just so they can later haggle with us over the price of a barrel of crude isn't maybe in their best national interests? Well, then they're the devil, I guess, because hasn't George W. said the God has sided with America, and as I understand it once He makes up His mind, he's very hard to dissuade? Opposing unchecked power by one nation simply because unchecked power by any single nation has ALWAYS proved to be a bad idea may be a bit idealistic for your gargantuan tastes, Rush, but I don't think it's necessarily evil...