War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

John Stuart Millar

Is our Congress doing its job?

Congress should
-insist that U.S. armed forces not be deployed to areas where
hostilities are likely or imminent unless and until both houses
of Congress have approved such action,

-defund any such deployment that lacks the prior approval of
Congress,

-insist that no aggressive action be taken by U.S. armed forces
unless and until Congress has passed a declaration of war, and

-impeach any president who orders aggressive action by U.S.
armed forces without a declaration of war.

Hmm… i guess the “War on Terror” is the loop hole.

I just don’t think America can fight all these conflicts all in a oner. I see even the politicians are talking about war being only an option and this is the right road to take. I have a really hard time defining what a threat is from an unruly nation state to a lone idiot trying to make anthrax to kill his neighbours. Who is pure anymore?

Another good reason for not going to war is we just simply don’t have the music for it. Have you noticed? Back in ‘83 and ‘91 we had some real trench routing music. Now it’s all pastic pop or all about lurvvve (sigh). Imagine trying to warm up your tank to Las Ketchup or ramming your magazine in to Cheeky Girls….. WAH! Early 80’s Ultravox or anything by the KLF or Clash….

I read in the Times today there are more people on anti-depressants than those that voted for Pop Idol.

Israel? Yes I am a fan but they are not perfect. They suffer from the same problems politically that most of us do. We get the leaders we deserve and God help us all for that.

Rosie. SAS item coming later….

War? where?
Im not entirely convinced it would be a war as such, more a trouncing. Do I think something will happen? Yes. Albeit that it might be a downpour of bombs, but if you want a regime change, you best go in and spoil the party.
I read on thursday that US Forces had occasion to return fire on a lone gunman who injured a Soldier on the Pakistani border. Having missed the gunman with small arms fire they called in an airstrike onto a house where the gunman had fled. The resulting 500lb bomb dropped on the house did the job I think, but what struck me was the mass of ordanance put onto one man. Is it really cost effective to train so many to do such a job? I call that extravegant use of force, but then I know that the Brits couldnt afford to work that way. Oh well.
Next. Now I know Rosie is a fan of Israel and its people, which causes no problems to me, but I cant help thinking that Sharron is a bit of a nutcase. I dont know enough about what has happened or is going on with Israel/Palestine to rant about it, but Im not so sure that US support for Israel is always justified. Having read that Sharron has allowed troops to go in all guns blazing to areas where suspected Pal Terrorists are and then women and kids are shot, Im not pleased that anyone would back this action. Can I give you a name for this place? No…I forgot it. I shall do better next time.
Thats my blithering for today.

I went dancing and then i fell into bed and then i went shopping and now I’m moving in 2 weeks and I still think theres not going to be a war heheheh.
Rosie.