Comments on: Davos Newbies Home http://www.davosnewbies.com/2002/09/13/davos-newbies-home/ A year-round Davos of the mind, written since 1999 by Lance Knobel Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Carnell http://www.davosnewbies.com/2002/09/13/davos-newbies-home/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Brian Carnell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=737#comment-225 Dave Winer's view of Iraq is, of course, almost identical to U.S. think about Al Qaeda pre-9/11. Yes, it was a threat, but it restricted itself to attacking isolated embassies and American military targets in the Third World. As Tony Blair pointed out, if he and Bush had come out before 9/11 and said eliminating Al Qaeda was of pre-eminent importance, they would have faced largely the same reaction from the anti-Iraq invastion contingent. What has changed is that now we know too well the price of complancency and just assuming that our enemies will act tomorrow as they did yesterday. Dave Winer’s view of Iraq is, of course, almost identical to U.S. think about Al Qaeda pre-9/11. Yes, it was a threat, but it restricted itself to attacking isolated embassies and American military targets in the Third World.

As Tony Blair pointed out, if he and Bush had come out before 9/11 and said eliminating Al Qaeda was of pre-eminent importance, they would have faced largely the same reaction from the anti-Iraq invastion contingent.

What has changed is that now we know too well the price of complancency and just assuming that our enemies will act tomorrow as they did yesterday.

]]> By: Bob Campbell http://www.davosnewbies.com/2002/09/13/davos-newbies-home/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Bob Campbell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=737#comment-226 I couldn' agree more. And I think that is the chief reason that there is not a highly vocal debate on the issue. The conscensus opinion seems to be that we should try to find diplomatic solutions first and if that doesn't work, then attack Iraq. Not sure why Dave feels the way he does, since Saddam has already gassed one village... Bob I couldn’ agree more. And I think that is the chief reason that there is not a highly vocal debate on the issue. The conscensus opinion seems to be that we should try to find diplomatic solutions first and if that doesn’t work, then attack Iraq. Not sure why Dave feels the way he does, since Saddam has already gassed one village…

Bob

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