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Politics : Idea Of The Day
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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (40888)10/8/2001 1:01:09 PM
From: Al Serrao  Read Replies (2) of 50167
 
Uncle,I'm afraid people in your part of the world know very little about America and the kind of people we are. They view us though TV programs and movies of Hollywood. Baywatch maybe great entertainment but it gives a distorted view of life in America. Those who migrate to America from your part of the world are surprised by America's work ethic and dedication. Such work ethics do not make for good movies. I'm always told of the great adjustments these new immigrates have to make many come away in shock and disbelief. I'm told how different America really is compared to way the way we are viewed from abroad. The freedom they experience here causes them to stay especially after return visits to their homelands.

This perception causes many to believe we are a weak and frivolous people who will back down when confronted. How little they know of us and our history.One of the reasons Japan attacked is they believed America would sue for peace once our Navy were left in ruins. Few in the world understand this lesson. They prefer to remember only Vietnam when we were fighting a war which was not ours. We are a people who seldom agree on anything but when attacked this giant rises
with a purpose and a fury that few can imagine.Wait until another strike against America happens. Do they not realize that the power America unleashed in the Gulf War was but a tiny fraction of our capabilities?

I wish you well Uncle and hope this will be a swift and quick war with few innocents hurt but I fear this will be a long and bloody struggle.
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