[mburbank]

"There's a reason my posts are limited to certain subjects. You should try it! Look, talk about something you really know about. Talk from an informed opinion. Educate yourself. That way, this stuff isn't some abstract question akin to "what is art". That way you don't say stupid shit like "How can you seal off Iraq's borders? It's 2281miles of border" and expect an answer that's not patronizing."

That would be a swell answer had my question been "Are you informed on the middle east?". It wasn't, though.

My question was, what's your background. School? Proffession? Hobby? Past residence? I want to know what you've done in your life that makes you so certain about all all things middle easte4rn, and I'm being totally serious here, not flippant.

There's nothing in life I feel as confident as you seem on this subject, and while I'm sure you'll see that as some sort of admission of failure or a carachter, you make me curious.

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Kevin, cannot read so much right now. One question. Do you think the family Bush and the family Saud are not a degree or two more emeshed than the family of any admnistration has eevr been before? And do you really see blowing the shit out of the country of origin of none of the hijackers as a motivator to the country that sent most of them? Cause I see it as kind of an indication that they get a free pass. "Don't you EVER mess with us again, or we'll... get... some other guy that... you had a beef with too. So watch it!"