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I just got back from a restaurant with friends. I had a wee bit o' tequila, and want more, but am going to refrain because I have to work tomorrow. Am I getting old? Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Educate, eh? You've left out a few important facts in your timeline. Even without the missing events, it's pretty one sided. If you'd care to answer the embedded questons... 1948: Israel established. US declines to press Israel to allow expelled Palestinians to return. Why did the US do that? 1949: CIA backs military coup deposing elected government of Syria. Why? Include the US-Soviet Power struggle in your answer. 1953: CIA helps overthrow the democratically-elected Mossadeq government in Iran (which had nationalized the British oil company) leading to a quarter-century of repressive and dictatorial rule by the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi. Seizing the assets of a key US ally's company should equate to US support because.... The US had which indications that Pahlavi and his evil SAVAK would act as they did prior to supporting him? The US should have allowed the Soviets to expand their influence in the Middle East because... 1956: US cuts off promised funding for Aswan Dam in Egypt after Egypt receives Eastern bloc arms. The US should reward Egypt for getting friendly with US cold war enemies because... 1956: Israel, Britain, and France invade Egypt. US does not support invasion, but the involvement of its NATO allies severely diminishes Washington's reputation in the region. Ahhhh...the US does nothing and is therefore culpable. Would that the mullahs in Iran would feel responsible when their Hezbollah surrogates blow up innocents...instead they stand by and do nothing - except fund said surrogates even more, that is 1958: US troops land in Lebanon to preserve "stability." Why? What were the reasons troops were committed? early 1960s: US unsuccessfully attempts assassination of Iraqi leader, Abdul Karim Qassim. Why? 1963: US reported to give Iraqi Ba'ath party (soon to be headed by Saddam Hussein) names of communists to murder, which they do with vigor. the US should have allowed Soviet influence in the Middle East to expand during the cold war because... 1967-: US blocks any effort in the Security Council to enforce SC Resolution 242, calling for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in the 1967 war. The US should tick off its strongest Middle Eastern ally and force Israel to withdraw from territories it captured AFTER IT WAS ATTACKED by aggressors because... 1970: Civil war between Jordan and PLO. Israel and US prepare to intervene on side of Jordan if Syria backs PLO. The same PLO cowards who assassinated Israeli athletes? The same PLO cowards who beat the US ambassador and charge d'affairs to death in Sudan? Hmmm... 1972: US blocks Sadat's efforts to reach a peace agreement with Egypt. Why? 1973: US military aid enables Israel to turn the tide in war with Syria and Egypt. The US should not give its allies military assitance because... 1973-75: US supports Kurdish rebels in Iraq. When Iran reaches an agreement with Iraq in 1975 and seals the border, Iraq slaughters Kurds and US denies them refuge. Kissinger secretly explains that "covert action should not be confused with missionary work." Denies them refuge - how? 1978-79: Iranians begin demonstrations against the Shah. US tells Shah it supports him "without reservation" and urges him to act forcefully. Until the last minute, US tries to organize military coup to save the Shah, but to no avail. 1979-88: US begins covert aid to Mujahideen in Afghanistan six months before Soviet invasion in Dec. 1979. Over the next decade US provides training and more than $3 billion in arms and aid. Lots of history embedded into that time period. Characters such as Najibullah, Hekmatyar, Abdul Haq, Pakistani ISI, the Saudis, Massoud, et al all play roles in that era. 1980-88: Iran-Iraq war. When Iraq invades Iran, the US opposes any Security Council action to condemn the invasion. US soon removes Iraq from its list of nations supporting terrorism and allows US arms to be transferred to Iraq. At the same time, US lets Israel provide arms to Iran and in 1985 US provides arms directly (though secretly) to Iran. US provides intelligence information to Iraq. Iraq uses chemical weapons in 1984; US restores diplomatic relations with Iraq. In light of 444 days, the US action here is illogical how? Remember. Minor thing called the cold war going on then. 1987 US sends its navy into the Persian Gulf, taking Iraq's side; an overly-aggressive US ship shoots down an Iranian civilian airliner, killing 290. Perhaps Iranian gunboats shouldn't have attacked the Vincennes that morning, eh? Or the Iranians shouldn't have mined the Gulf in the first place? Or allowed civilian aircraft to operate out of military airports and fly towards US warships with anti-aircraft missiles on the same day Iranian gunboats attack the same warship? Vincennes shot the missile - no denying it. How about the rest of the circumstances for the whole story? 1981, 1986: US holds military maneuvers off the coast of Libya in waters claimed by Libya with the clear purpose of provoking Qaddafi. In 1981, a Libyan plane fires a missile and two Libyan planes shot down. In 1986, Libya fires missiles that land far from any target and US attacks Libyan patrol boats, killing 72, and shore installations. When a bomb goes off in a Berlin nightclub, killing two, the US charges that Qaddafi was behind it (possibly true) and conducts major bombing raids in Libya, killing dozens of civilians, including Qaddafi's adopted daughter. One of Reagan's great deeds - shutting that terrorist supporting sonofabitch the the hell up. 1982: US gives "green light" to Israeli invasion of Lebanon, killing more than 10,000 civilians. US chooses not to invoke its laws prohibiting Israeli use of US weapons except in self-defense. Israel always follows US direction? Some sailors aboard the USS LIBERTY might disagree with you. 1983: US troops sent to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force; intervene on one side of a civil war. Withdraw after suicide bombing of marine barracks. This was not a good Reagan move 1984: US-backed rebels in Afghanistan fire on civilian airliner. And Iranian backed terrorists have killed a lot of people over the years. Is the Iranian gov't responsible? 1988: Saddam Hussein kills many thousands of his own Kurdish population and uses chemical weapons against them. The US increases its economic ties to Iraq. Yep, he sure did use chemical weapons...now where did they go, I wonder...where... 1990-91: US rejects any diplomatic settlement of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait (for example, rebuffing any attempt to link the two regional occupations, of Kuwait and of Palestine). US leads international coalition in war against Iraq. Civilian infrastructure targeted. To promote "stability" US refuses to aid post-war uprisings by Shi'ites in the south and Kurds in the north, denying the rebels access to captured Iraqi weapons and refusing to prohibit Iraqi helicopter flights. Linking the occupation of Kuwait and some nation people call Palestine (where are its borders, capital, history, etc again?) is ludicrous. Want to link the annexation of TX to Hawaiian statehood too? 1991-present: Devastating economic sanctions are imposed on Iraq. US and Britain block all attempts to lift them. Hundreds of thousands die. Though Security Council had stated that sanctions were to be lifted once Saddam Hussein's programs to develop weapons of mass destruction were ended, Washington makes it known that the sanctions would remain as long as Saddam remains in power. Sanctions in fact strengthen Saddam's position. Asked about the horrendous human consequences of the sanctions, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright declares that "the price is worth it." Why were the sanctions put in place? Why, exactly? 1993: US launches missile attack on Iraq, claiming self-defense against an alleged assassination attempt on former president Bush two months earlier. The US should allow state supported assassination attempts against its citizens to go unpunished because... 1998: US and UK bomb Iraq over the issue of weapons inspections, even though Security Council is just then meeting to discuss the matter. The US/UK should not enforce UN sanctions and resolutions without further UN authorization because... 1998: US destroys factory producing half of Sudan's pharmaceutical supply, claiming retaliation for attacks on US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and that factory was involved in chemical warfare. US later acknowledges there is no evidence for the chemical warfare charge. This was a sad thing and a dumb move. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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I lived in Japan for 2.5 years...lemme think on it for a bit...good suggestions so far.

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I think that's something you and your S.O. need to discuss. Probably with a doctor. I'm not sure myself and think it highly dependent on the two of you and your relationship. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I don't think stupidity knows any racial or ethnic boundaries at all. Intelligence sure doesn't.

Here and there and everywhere, as usual, mi amiga...I've many friends and all of them important.

Friends and family for me...among other things...

Hmm...let's see...for one, it shows that Nagin doesn't grasp what's gone on in NYC at the WTC sight and has no clue about the matter. But then again what would one expect from a racially prejudiced bigot such as Nagin? Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Good job, Katie!

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I saw Maynard live several times. What a loss for the music world - and for all of his fans too. RIP Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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I usually smell like beer or tequila.

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