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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (52286)	9/16/2001 11:08:02 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Brian, My belief is that when this is over, BinLaden, the Taliban and Saddam Hussein will be dead or in custody. Then we can begin to eradicate terrorism as well as its underlying causes forever. mike

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (52286)	9/16/2001 3:49:29 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

In One Vote, a Call for Restraint By PHILIP SHENON WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 — Even though she is described as the most committed pacifist in Congress, Representative Barbara Lee of California said that the day may come soon when she will support a war against the terrorists who struck New York and Washington and any nation that supported them. But not yet, Ms. Lee said today, explaining why hers was the sole vote in either the House or Senate opposing a resolution authorizing military action against the terrorists who sent hijacked jets into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The House vote was 420 to 1. "I agonized over that vote," said Ms. Lee, 55, a Democrat from a liberal, even leftist district that includes Oakland and Berkeley. "We've got to bring these perpetrators to justice. But I'm saying that I have not yet seen the evidence. And until then, in Congress, we must show restraint." She said she decided only a few hours before the vote on Friday, when she attended a prayer service at the National Cathedral in Washington for the victims and listened closely to one of the prayers. "One of the clergy members said that as we act, we should not become the evil that we deplore," she said. "And at that moment, I knew what I had to do." Her commitment to nonviolence has often left her a lonely voice and vote on the House floor. In 1998, hers was one of only five votes against renewed bombing against Iraq over its refusal to allow weapons inspections by the United Nations. In 1999, hers was the only vote against a resolution authorizing the Clinton administration's plans to bomb Yugoslavia over the conflict in Kosovo. Ms. Lee said she resisted any simple labels of her voting record, including that of pacifist. "I don't subscribe to any kinds of labels," she said. Ms. Lee, who received a degree in social welfare from the University of California in 1975, started in politics as an aide to Representative Ron Dellums, whose seat she now holds. Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company \| Privacy Information