[livius]

I don't think we should go in, because I don't think we could control the outcome. Iraq was a much more developed country, and even in Iraq, we're having problems getting the die-hard Baathists and fundamentalist Muslims to calm down.

One of the problems with taking Taylor out is that his opposition is not only divided, but includes a very dangerous Islamic fundamentalist wing that wants to impose Islam on Liberia (and all of Africa). We don't want to end up doing another Bosnia, supporting people who are actually our enemies in the long run, so that they can take over Liberia and use it as another staging ground to attack us.

[Stopislamnow]

Africa is so aids infested that there is absolutely nothing we could do will help those people there.

Intervention there will be a exercise in futility and result in more American loss of life, needlessly, since no matter what, these tribal savages will continue to war no matter what we do.

They have always warred. It's not about education, it's not about food aid, which, since ours is genetically enhanced, they don't even want, it's not about being underdeveloped, or even about being poor.

Poor people have been hunting and farming and surviving for a few odd tens of thousand of years.

They're bloody savages, and nothing we can do will help them.

Africa is basically, over.

Don't call me a heartless bastard or a cynic. I've seen it firsthand in Somalia and I try to keep with events there.