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To: Snowshoe who wrote (68084)	9/8/2004 8:46:19 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) of 793970

>>It boggles me that the Republicans have become the big government party of "borrow and spend". Presidents always do that during wars. Unfortunately after the end of the Cold War we thought that there would be no more war forever, so we could gut the military and the intelligence agencies, use the leftover money ("peace dividend") for peacetime purposes with abandon. Wrong. I've posted before but will post again. Circa 9/11 Jay Chen and I were trading PMs about the US wanting to get out of the Global Cop job. That was one of Bush's campaign promises. Wrong. But Jay's point, which is well taken, is that the way we get cheap Chinese and Japanese goods is cheap oil and no war. Not to mention cheap Indian IT labor but that wasn't an issue then. We all benefit, but some pay more than others. I wish we'd have an intelligent debate about it. Kerry missed a golden opportunity. Edit: 1000 American dead since March 2003 is a high price looking at it one way, but cheap compared to prior wars. Being "sensitive" to Muslims in places like Fallujah costs too much.

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