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To: LindyBill who wrote (15420)11/6/2003 3:17:34 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793623
 
President Bush today likened the campaign to install a stable, representative government in Iraq with the long cold war struggle against Communism and said America must be committed to promoting democracy in the Middle East "for decades to come."

Good for him. Or maybe I should say "it's about time."

This is a very different message. Is the message different because the mission has changed direction or because he was misdirecting us before the war? That's a rhetorical question.

You know, based on the earlier messages, people out there think we're hard at work keeping the terrorists out. If we get hit again during these next couple of decades while we wait for democracy to take hold, there will be hell to pay, particularly if we get hit as a result of avoidable security gaps, such as foreigners overstaying visas or getting on planes with bogus IDs. History won't be kind.
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