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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (283860)8/5/2002 1:17:51 PM
From: Srexley  Read Replies (2) of 769667
 
The post I am replying to makes your point more clearly than the earlier one I responded to, and is not quite as offensive. That said, why not look at great Americans like Reagan as doing the best they can at a complicated job instead of insinuating they support vile and dispicable actions by dictators and thugs. When you say "the Reagan/Bush admin. cared more about displacing Soviet influence in Iraq, and about 'containing' the Iranians, than they did about Saddam's little habit of using poison gas in 'military' campaigns", you are probably right. But that was the right position to have. The Soviet Union was a bigger threat than Saddam, and if Iraq was less of a threat than Iran, why not let them beat the crap out of each other. Your response indicates that you think we would have been better to stay out, and I'm not sure that is true.

Anyway, I understand your view better, but still feel that you question the motives of our leaders and our nation in a way that is not flattering or accurate.
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