The Logic Off Topic list

Ground Troops:-

"The US has simply got to quit screwing around and send ground troops in
number. Take over regions, bring food and shelter. "

Nice idea, and I'm sure the US and we Brits would invade with all the best
of intentions and humanity and care  for the local population- and try our
best to kill only the bad guys, but unfortunately muslin extreemists will
see it as yet more invasion of a "holy"
(VERY HOLY under a B52 :-)  ) Islamic country ,however well intentioned the
invasion is. You are likely to see volunteers from all over the world going
to Afghanistan to fight for "Islam". They've even been leaving Britain to go
and fight for Islam now. Cannon fodder they are.

Its the hard core battle hardened Taliban warriors that will be the real
problem for US/UK ground troops (I heard the SAS have been on the ground for
weeks now).

Public opinion will weaken in the US when body bags go home by the thousand.
This war wont be the short liberation of Kuwait.

Think Vietnam, think Korea, think more terrorist attacks on the USA.

on the other hand- what can we do?? There seems no alternative to being
sucked into a bloody and drawn out war.

British Bands

I saw an excellent band in my local live music pub last Friday- called the
Electric Experience (yes, very Hendrix influenced)- they finished their set
with "Keep on Rocking in the Free World" and thats about all we as musicians
can do. I agree about the poor state of the live music scene here in
Britain.

Tony Thompson also quite rightly ridiculed the class idea- which is mostly
irrelevant now.

The beatles, stones and Led Zep, Clapton, etc were all from mostly " lower
middle class" or "Skilled working class" backgrounds.

Peace to everyone, and "Keep on Rocking in the Free World"

John.