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To: GST who wrote (149774)	10/29/2004 1:07:28 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Before public opinion about Vietnam really swung hard, the situation then was much like the 24 months following 9/11. Leading into the Iraq war, opposition was largely mute. The press becalmed. Few wanted to speak up. Fewer still listened to those that did. While the Iraq war drum beat marched on we could have used many more voices of reason speaking up. Is Kerry a traitor for speaking out against something he knew to be wrong? No. Are those in the military - private through general through former Secretary of the Army - speaking out against Iraq now traitors? Of course not. We would not have been in this mess if there had been more brave people in government, in the media, in the public, in the military, willing to speak out. Is someone asks me who is more traitorous - Kerry or Bush - for his actions during Vietnam, I will pick Bush every time, but not because he hid from service -- Bush failed to serve his country because he never spoke out against the war. That says a lot about Bush's lack of judgement. I'd rather follow someone who has courage to speak his convictions but makes mistakes, than someone who never admits mistakes.

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