She may be trouble. It sounds like you’re blaming the victim, though. Would you be saying the same thing (she had it coming)if, say, Cpt America had gone through the same things? I may have to report you to fmh.

When I was 12, I thought she was smokin hot.

(I’m not a geek – I’m geek-compatable)

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When the Scarlet Witch and the Vision (her android lover) chose to return to active duty as members of the West Coast Avengers, a multi-government force called Vigilance, concerned the Vision would again attempt a world takeover, captured and dismantled him; although he was soon rebuilt, his personality was severely altered, greatly distressing the Scarlet Witch. It was later revealed it was Immortus who orchestrated the Vision’s dismantling. Her distress was magnified when her sons were reverted into fragments of the demon lord Mephisto’s soul and effectively ceased to exist. The Witch suffered a nervous breakdown, which left her open to manipulation by her father, Magneto, who still sought to take control of the world in the name of mutantkind. She was subsequently abducted by Immortus, but was rescued by the Avengers and regained her sanity. Wanda had also reanimated her deceased mentor, Agatha Harkness, through whom she cast a spell to make her forget her children in order to ease her pain. Though Wanda later recalled her loss, she suppressed this memory over the long term.

I don’t know about you, but this makes me want to count my blessings. My older kids may not want to see me more than twice a year, but at least they haven’t been reverted into fragments of the demon lord’s soul and effectively ceased to exist! Well, I mean, you know, give them time and all – but at least it hasn’t happened yet!

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Thank you for the response, and I do appreciate the way you have outlined your position. Based on the post on your site and on other articles I can find, it appears that the arming of the Ethiopians in an attempt to destabilize Somalia is as much a U.N. operation as a U.S. one. See here, for instance.

Is that correct, or am I mistaken?

http://nonarab-arab.blogspot.com/2006/12/sowing-somali-seeds-of-bitterness.html

Now if you follow the headlines out of Somalia, things are pretty much unravelling as I expected in that post. The Bush administration also prompted Dahlan’s attempted coup in Gaza and now Hariri and Jumblat’s instigation of battle with Hizbullah and Amal in Lebanon.

Mark,
I see now. I have never seen the point of getting so worked up over politicians, who will always always let you down. The hate for Bush is, to me, equally as virulent at the 90’s Clinton hate and it is also equally silly. I knew a woman in pre-9/11 America who consistently acted as if Bush had kicked her mother. It struck me then and now as wierd.

kevinf, I’ll echo you and add a “by their fruits” commentary.