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To: michael97123 who wrote (176461)	11/30/2005 9:19:43 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Why would anyone who was against the Afghan war not admit it? I still think it was the wrong thing to do- Afghanistan is a mess now too, and the same old war lords are getting back in power. Al Qaeda caused 9/11, and Al Qaeda is the organization we should have gone after- where AQ was in other counties, go in and get them- but don't go after the country- since that's a HUGE mess- and I just hate to see the billions flowing down the drain. It's painful to watch all that money flowing down international gopher holes (where, most probably, some of it is getting in to the hands of people who are funding terror). Wars, and the inevitable expensive contentious reconstructions, are a distraction from what should be our purpose- getting the terrorists that harm us, and shoring up defenses in the US. I'm all for killing enemies, but economically. And wars are fine, if they are the last resort. Unfortunately I don't agree that Mr. Bush's wars were wars of last resort- and he certainly hasn't concentrated on Al Qaeda. At the moment I'd say he is all wrapped up in a pretty pink ribbon tied to his problems in Iraq. I'm not sure he is even paying attention to Afghanistan, which is still a huge problem.

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