Re: Re: By the way, Bill

    Strangely enough, a co-worker on the very same day had suggested that
the inadequate response to the catastrophy was a ploy to get poor people to
enlist. I smiled sarcastically and answered: "Silly me. There I was
simplistically thinking it was only a way of eliminating them."

----- Message d'origine ----- 
De : "Peter J Richardson" <[email protected]>
À : <[email protected]>
Envoyé : 5 septembre, 2005 13:31
Objet : Re: [CAT23-Achat] Re: By the way, Bill


> Clark,
>
> I phrased myself in the way that I did because I do not have the facts to
hand to be able to judge where on a
> scale of 0 to 100% of fairness blaming Iraq for the Katrina aftermath is,
so I did not really want to get into a
> debate at this time as to whether the perception was unfair, since I do
not know yet to form a reasoned opinion.
> I simply wanted to point out that the perception was out there, and that
in view of that (and the fact that a
> significant portion of US opinion is not in favour of the continuing
occupation of Iraq) that Bill's suggestion
> that New Orleans' refugees might like to enlist was an extrordinary one.
>
> Regards
> Peter



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