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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (34908)	10/22/2001 2:46:49 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

True. A princes money can't buy off someone who wants to make an empty gesture, and I guess William Raspberry believes freedom of speech doesn't apply to representatives. Seems to me the whole point of Rudy's gesture was public AND political. So why shouldn't the response be the same? Equal time. It's not as if Mc Kinney's views were traitoress- and if she'd whispered them, apparently that would have been all right. William's problem is that she stated them "publically." Perhaps William isn't aware that this is a democracy and our disagreements ought to be public, so all can participate and all can be informed.

To: Lane3 who wrote (34908)	10/22/2001 3:47:11 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

The truth is we should have examined our policies before the WTC episode. Certainly after, we did, but from a much more limited pallet of options. I don't think anyone can deny that our choices were limited on Sept. 11. Do we need Saudi money to fix D.C.? I don't think so and it seems unseemly to beg for it. When the Saudis stop the chopping of arms and heads, I'll take moral advice from them. But we shouldn't let the message get lost by who carries it. The fact is WE DO need to treat the in a manner Middle East different from how we have. I'm just not sure the current military actions are getting us closer to long-term national security. If terrorism in the United States stops when the last bomb drops in Afghanistan, I'm prepared to GLADLY, HAPPILY and GLEEFULLY eat crow. I don't think I'll have to, unfortunately.