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Originally Posted by Rubber Duck
Bond has a special place in the psyche of the British. Secretly deep down we still all want to pretend to be in control of World Affairs. Bond allows us to do that in our fantasies.
When Bond puts on his Tuxedo, we all intuitively believe in him. A bit like when your President puts on his penguin suit and commits you all to mass slaughter in the name of God.
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Lets hope the end result is worth it.
And that would be to bring a better life than any that existed in Iraq or Afghanastan under Saddam or the Taliban.
The mess over in the middle east is basically a religious civil war, whether Sunni vs. Shiite, or Palestinian vs. Jews with a bunch of renegade terrorists targeting British, Americans, and coalition forces and contractors. The hatred in that part of the world goes back over a thousand years, and maybe a good shake-up and some hard decisions will sort things out for the long haul.
We may well end up having to let the religious factions settle their own hatred, then let the United Nations sort out the pieces.
Mass Slaughter fits better for the mass murder committed by Saddam, or what is going on in Darfur.