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To: Lane3 who wrote (172)9/5/2002 3:33:21 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (2) of 7689
 
American Idol are in my repertoire
Sorry to hear that. :-)

Iraq I'll take.

I saw no indication that they were doing that.
They were protesting against the US gov't on behalf of a ruthless dictatorship that has used WMD on its own people, though.

Be that as it may:
<i"the money could be better spent on poor people than on bombs"
You can make that argument any time about any war. Right up to the point where a foreign army comes marching in and steals everything you have.

"before we wage a pro-active war, we should have a better reason than what we've heard so far"
I'll agree with that. Not that I have any problem with the US taking out Saddam anyway. But a better reason would persuade others to go along.
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