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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: one_less who wrote (574648)	5/12/2004 7:59:26 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) of 769670

You have some good points but not fairly balanced. "I don't believe this war will get us anywhere ... Wars don't have to be about personal profit. However, some progress has been made IMO. The despotic regime of Saddam has been crushed. The infrastructure of Iraq is beginning to take shape. The foundations for autonomous rule that recognizes human equality and freedom are in place. National security has not been solidified but is not a lost cause ... yet. Its not a lost cause but I am not particularly desirous of being in the business of nation building. We have our own pressing problems plus a very serious enemy....al Qaeda. Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, Iraq is going a long way to helping the al Qaeda cause. "not part of the war on terrorism but rather a war that was on the personal agenda of a few people in Washington. ... I don't know what is in the personal hearts of the few in Washington. Some of them may have personal feelings about this war (many people pro and con have very personal issues involved). However that is not the whole story either. Even if (and I mean 'if' since I can't know what is in a man's heart) Bush personally hates Saddam, everything else that he says about his reasons for leading this mission can also be true. The neoconservative movement is well scripted. Their goals are well known. Removing Saddam was one of those goals. "...hoping that things will change. They rarely do until 'hope' becomes something that involves action for good. When the conditions are so horrendous as they are in Iraq, you can't just leave and 'hope' the problem goes away or heals itself...neglectfulness breeds undisciplined turmoil not peace and order. Hope is a powerful tool but then how useful it is depends on the condition of the patient. Iraq has been sick a long time.........many decades. It will take a lot more than hope to make that patient well.

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