From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Hey I'm ALWAYS reasonable 

I just objected to the use of term warlord in the US.  Now if Arnold
continues ..... 

Bob Lewis



"Mark"  wrote in message
news:41d0b157$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Well, now that you're being more reasonable, I will too.  But
> seriously, if there is an individual (or gang) that prevents free travel
> in a given area, they are effectively usurping your rights regardless of
> the nomenclature used.
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:41d0adc7{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Now Mark go ahead and admit we don't currently have warlords in the US,
>> we do have bad bad people though. ( of course Gary B. might think of the
>> Democrats in Chicago as warlords )
>>
>> I do think we are making progress in Afghanistan towards democracy. I'm
>> not sure if it is the brilliance of our leadership or the fact that we
>> are so wrapped up in Iraq ( okay you know how I feel about it
) but I
>> do think we may be helping in Afghanistan. Its a start anyway.
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:41d0aaef$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I ain't about to go to those areas that have them, suffice it to say I
>>>know where they are 
>>>
>>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote
in message
>>> news:41d0aa75{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Okay who's your local warlord ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bob Lewis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>>>> news:41d0a884$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> Hell Rich, warlords still control parts of New Jersey
(and every other
>>>>> state with the possible exception of Vermont) too.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:41d0a56b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> Warlords still control parts of Afghanistan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=d12deea088cab700
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The IRIN report cited the case of Mohammad Shamal,
a powerful local
>>>>>> commander in the Faryab province, who expressed
outrage at Amer
>>>>>> Latif, a provincial governor, when asked to
release two judges held
>>>>>> in his own jail.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "They insulted me and told me I was
cruel," Shamal told the governor
>>>>>> when asked why he had detained the two
Kabul-appointed officials.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Where is human rights? Where is disarmament?
We have been suffering
>>>>>> from the rule of the gun for years and continue to
be beholden to
>>>>>> these cruel commanders," Mohammad Sabour
Babai, a resident of the
>>>>>> Pashtunkut district told IRIN
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ellen K."
 wrote in
>>>>>> message news:tbn0t0lakv4etjj9ead4p26vqeu3io4rig{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>>> And Afghanistan now has a
democratically-elected government.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:12:42 -0500, "Gary
Wiltshire" 
>>>>>>> wrote in message
:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:48:40 +0000, Adam Flinton
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mark wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> "all based on the notion that
we can spread democracy using
>>>>>>>>>> American
>>>>>>>>>> military power?"
>>>>>>>>>>  We've been doing it since, and
including, our inception. Why
>>>>>>>>>> would you
>>>>>>>>>> think such a successful history of
doing so to be "ludicrous?"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As in "hey Crazy Horse......can
we & the 7th cavalry organise some
>>>>>>>>> sioux
>>>>>>>>> nation elections so as to give you
some democratic representation
>>>>>>>>> within
>>>>>>>>> the US congress" ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Or....
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Adam
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Or....Japan and (West) Germany, both
democracies imposed by force of
>>>>>>>>(our)
>>>>>>>>arms.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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