<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Matthew Flaschen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu">matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Faizan Kazi wrote:<br>
> One things for sure, Americans love war :s<br>
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</div>That's just as ridiculous a comment as most of what Karl's said. We<br>
Americans are not all alike.<br>
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Matt Flaschen<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Sorry Matt, youre right about that. I didnt mean to include "all" americans, and its even worse of me to say "americans" when I meant to say "the people of the U.S.A.". it just seems like the popular consensus! Pres. Bush lasted 8 years right? Theres a reason they kept him in office... <br>
But I feel like I'm being a little subtle. How about the fact the Americans have sent armies into nearly every nation on earth? im not sure even the arctic is safe :s<br>Now the U.S. wants to send its troops into Pakistan, havent even finished withdrawing from one country, got their hand in another cookie jar (not really sure the cookies are any good though).<br>
It'd be really nice if they diversified their investments - set up schools (YES, 3rd world countries really really really need schools - illiteracy is the cause of fundamentalism and terrorism), hospitals and businesses (this would be the final "terrorism killer" - keep people busy and keep em well fed, "the devil only owns idle minds"? or so they say :) )! war (or just plain military action) is a sinkhole.<br>
<br>again, sorry about the generalization :(<br><br>~fez<br>ps: i live in pakistan :s<br><br></div></div>