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To: mph who wrote (182497)	2/12/2004 6:09:27 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1575918

I guess the principal difference between me and many on this thread is that I am not prepared to accept the claim that Bush "lied" to get us into the current Iraq war. What do you think happened re. the WMD and al Qaeda links? Nor am I comfortable with the notion that we are an evil war mongering nation no better than terrorists. The latter POV seemed implicit in the article Ted linked, which is what drew my initial response. Neither the article nor I accused the US of being a war mongering nation. You must be reading between the lines, or suffering from a serious case of paranoia. <g> Fighting over whether we should have gone in in the first place is largely based on 20/20 hindsight and political debate during this election season. Obviously there are many who dislike Bush and object to his policies. I just see a difference between political rhetoric and divisive arguments that prevent the country from keeping its collective eye on the ball as to how best to solve the current Iraq situation. The nation was divided before we went to war. Its the responsibility of a good leader to get his people to unite behind him. Bush did that but the reasons he used to prompt that unison have proven to be false. That makes those who were against the war, but bought Bush's argument doubly, angry. I am angry because I knew he was lying when he was lying, and that he used American nationalism, patriotism and pride to his advantage in order to get us into the wrong war for the wrong reasons. Why are you not angry? In other words, the war is a fait accompli. Let's deal with the situation we have now. In this, even Ted agreed with me. But the presidency is not a fait accompli. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. Some, like Ted, hated Bush before the invasion of Iraq, and have stoked that hatred into an inferno. It didn't matter what Bush did in office. Ted would have wanted him out regardless. He's certainly free to hold that opinion. True.........I didn't like Bush from the get go; however, a good president is hard to find. Bush has done too many wrongs in my book to be a good president. ted

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