Doublereed Archive - Posting 000076.txt from 2003/03

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] [Dblrd-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 14:53:23 -0500

<There are indeed lots of them: power and prestige for the winning side,
more territory, world- and economic influence, mineral riches of other sorts
such as petroleum, geopolitical power, and many more goodies of that sort.
I'm quite surprised you didn't already understand about all of that.>

Agreed, but a what a cost! With the lessons of Korea, Viet Nam, and the
non-stop nonsense in the Middle East, one would expect intelligent leaders
to "get it". Couldn't the same harvest accrue though adept diplomacy?

Herb