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To: jmanvegas who wrote (12755)	2/11/2003 1:11:45 AM
From: stockman_scott	of 89467

Hey Mr. Vegasman: I'm glad you have so much confidence in Bush... Do you get all your news from FoxNews, The Weekly Standard, or William Saffire...? There are A LOT of honorable and patriotic folks against this war. There also are some very bright folks who feel The U.S. will be NO SAFER by going to war and we'll have to spend well over $100 Billion to do it...The highly decorated war hero Colonel David Hackworth feels Al Qaeda is a MUCH BIGGER THREAT than Saddam and he thinks its insane to invade Iraq now before we have secured our homeland -- Bush has NOT released the promised $2.5 Billion to the states for homeland security efforts...IMO, he has dramatically UNDERspent in this area...Many of the reservists getting called up to go over to the Persian Gulf are our 'first responders' around America (the policeman and firemen)...Nothing like making us even more vulnerable to potential terrorist attacks....How are we going to pay for this war in Iraq...? Bush didn't include anything in his recent bloated budget for the war - how responsible is that?....Bush's former Economic Advisor Lindsey estimated the cost of invading Iraq, engineering regime change, and rebuilding the country could be as much as $200 Billion. Am I just critical of Bush all the time...? No....I have posted for well over 5 years on SI and at times was quite critical of Clinton (who I only voted for once) -- I commented on his personal conduct and even on some of his bombing efforts...Yet, IMO if Clinton were president today he would not be rushing into a reckless pre-emptive war that could have some huge UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES...I voted for Bush but am very upset with the way he has been governing our country...I supported him after 9/11 but he ran as a 'moderate' and has governed from the 'hard right' -- Historian David Gergen said tonight on MSNBC that Bush may be out of touch with mainstream America....He has gutted some important environmental laws, failed to develop an effective energy policy, antagonized our allies, and wasted the good will we had around the world after 9/11...I had dinner with some friends on Saturday who are Hedge Fund Managers (2 of them have raised a lot of money for the Repubs over the years)...All of them at the table had no confidence in the way our country's economy is being managed...They are not in favor of a war right now -- and don't see how Iraq and Saddam provide the U.S. with a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER...These large investors are betting against the U.S. dollar, investing in offshore markets and are putting increasing amounts of money in the precious metals sector....Where's Bush's economic leadership...? He is hyperfocussing on Iraq and comes across like an arrogant cowboy who wants to shoot from the hip and get the job done quickly...I don't think he's made the case for war at all and he doesn't have my support right now. You are entitled to your opinion. regards, -s2 btw, here's a link to an article by 2 of the world's top foreign policy experts -- they contend that the 'vigilant containment' of Iraq can and will work... foreignpolicy.com Why spend over $100 Billion tax dollars to go to war when we don't have to...? Why kill thousands of innocent Iraqis and U.S. soldiers when we have other options...? War should be THE LAST RESORT....Who would Jesus bomb..?

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