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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (7280)9/24/2002 11:45:07 AM
From: stockman_scott   of 89467
 
11:07 ET U.S. lowers national terror threat to 'elevated' from 'high'

wow....I feel so much better now...=)

When is our HomeLand Security Campaign actually going to mean something..?? I wonder when we'll choose to invest in state of the art IT systems for our intelligence gathering agencies -- so they can collaborate in real time..?? I guess we'll be spending all our extra money on smart bombs and a $100 Billion war campaign to topple Saddam and engineer 'regime change' in way that may have SO MANY unintended consequences...Were Bush, Cheney, or any of the other WarHawks listening yesterday...??

Military might does NOT always solve problems.

Did you notice how 3 of the 4 highly decorated retired Generals that testified before the Senate yesterday only advocated using force against Iraq after all diplomatic measures were exhausted...They feel that it is essential to build a strong and robust coalition with Allies AND work closely with The UN...They also discussed some of the dangers of going into Iraq alone...These Generals with these views were NOT lightweights either -- I'm talking about folks like General Wesley Clark (former Supreme Allied Commander for Europe)...Clark felt that there was nothing that indicated that we should rush into Iraq and by going in alone we could bolster Al Qaeda and antagonize our enemies in the Arab world...Hmmm...Some of these retired Generals make a lot of sense to me -- and I feel they have much more credibility than some of the ChickenHawks that are so eager to fight.
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