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From Mike Ordway, on Thu, 06 Feb 2003 04:55:06 GMT (in response to: It is so sad......)

The aftermath of war is always sad. The people of Southeast Asia have had it particularly rough over the past 40 years. Imagine the Cambodian children having to grow up under the reign of Pol Pot. Having to be careful where you walk to make sure you don't walk on a landmine. I'm glad I'm safe in Boston.

I hate to tell you, though, if women were in charge THERE WOULD STILL BE WAR. Study Indira Ghandi (war against Pakistan; attacking the Sihk successionists in Punjab, damaging their most Holy temple), Catherine the Great (wars against Turkey; war against Lithuania; war against Sweden; seizing Eastern Poland), Empress Dowager Tzu-Hsi (boxer rebellion; slaughtering 500 peasants because of a headache), Margaret Thatcher (war of the Faulkland Islands), and you'll see that war would just as likely happen if women were in charge.


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