From: "Rich Gauszka" 


George Santayana:.  "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to
repeat it."

of course you and the Bushies  probably prefer Henry Ford's view

"History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want
tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is
worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today."


"Mark"  wrote in message
news:44b9bee6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Sheesh, Rich, you want to dredge up this'n'that and live in the past,
> whilst applying 100% hindsight, feel free.  to make a right turn at 9PM in 1974 so as to cause (must be my fault,
> right?...) a Porsche 914 to broadside me>
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:44b9bd74$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Oh - Bush has done such a fine job of alleviating the grief and misery in
>> Iraq?  Meethinks you have to be careful of what you wish for
>>
>> http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/278.html
>>
>> Proclamation 5034-Afghanistan Day, 1983
>> By the President of the United States of America, 21 March 1983
>>
>> The tragedy of Afghanistan continues as the valiant and courageous Afghan
>> freedom fighters [The Taliban] persevere in standing up against the
>> brutal power of the Soviet invasion and occupation. The Afghan people are
>> struggling to reclaim their freedom, which was taken from them when the
>> Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December of 1979.
>>
>> In this three-year period the Soviet Union has been unable to subjugate
>> Afghanistan. The Soviet forces are pitted against an extraordinary people
>> who, in their determination to preserve the character of their ancient
>> land, have organized an effective and still spreading country-wide
>> resistance. The resistance of the Afghan freedom fighters is an example
>> to all the world of the invincibility of the ideals we in this country
>> hold most dear, the ideals of freedom and independence.
>>
>> We must also recognize that the sacrifices required to maintain this
>> resistance are very high. Millions have gone into exile as refugees. We
>> will probably never know the numbers of people killed and maimed,
>> poisoned and gased, of the homes that have been destroyed, and of the
>> lives that have been shattered and stricken with grief.
>>
>> It is, therefore, incumbent upon us as Americans to reflect on the events
>> in Afghanistan, to think about the agony which these brave people bear,
>> and to maintain our condemnation of the continuing Soviet occupation. Our
>> observance again this year of Afghanistan Day on March 21, the Afghan New
>> Year, will recall for all the world America's unflagging sympathy for a
>> determined people, its support for their refugees and commitment to
>> achieving a political settlement for Afghanistan which will free that
>> country from tyranny's yoke.
>>
>> The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 65, has designated March 21,
>> 1983 as Afghanistan Day and has requested the President to issue a
>> proclamation in observance of that day.
>>
>> Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of
>> America, do hereby designate March 21, 1983 as Afghanistan Day.
>>
>> In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of
>> March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-three, and of
>> the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
>> seventh.
>>
>> Ronald Reagan
>>
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:44b9b548$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I know Israel isn't blameless. Never said they were. The fact remains
>>>though, that Syria and Iran cannot stand, it's only a matter of time. Do
>>>you want it to be another 3 decades of misery for the world at large and
>>>their citizens in particular, or another 3 years? >>to the world or their citizens if their regimes fester for the
long-term>
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>> news:44b9b28c{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Israel isn't blameless in this mess. They've been killing
quite a few
>>>> innocents also.  It's like they used the excuse of a
kidnapped soldier
>>>> to go after a long list of enemies that they've been
compiling for the
>>>> last five years.
>>>>
>>>> Bush better be careful when sending in any naval
intelligence ships as
>>>> the Israelis will probably massacre that crew as they did
the crew of
>>>> the USS Liberty in 1967
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ussliberty.org/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>>>> news:44b9ab33$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>I dunno Geo., it's Hizballah and Hamas that have been
lobbing rockets
>>>>>into Israel, that's considerably more significant than
"saber rattling"
>>>>>by Bush. >>>>point in view of real stuff going down>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Geo"  wrote in
message news:44b9a9e5{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> "John Beckett"
 wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:hj6jb218nj6gki7lv2lvk9i0gm8440um6h{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Get ready for real pain. Maybe oil prices will
lower for a few
>>>>>>> months, but
>>>>>>> there's nowhere for them to go but UP in the
medium/long term.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the current situation if manufactured. If Bush
would shut the hell up
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> Iraq, Iran, and NC oil prices would fall back into
the 50's easy. but
>>>>>> every
>>>>>> time the price starts to fall the administration
starts rattling
>>>>>> sabers and
>>>>>> the price goes right back up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Geo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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