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To: Win Smith who wrote (35460)7/31/2002 11:26:22 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 281500
 
historical example of the kind of societal reimaging by external force

Frankly, Win, I don't give a damn. Our Government's job is to defend us from the Terrorist threat. In order to do that they are going to have to "take down" one or more of these Governments. In doing that, it would be nice if the countries involved came out of it with Democracies, but that is secondary to "Job One."

You seem to be so filled with hatred for this present administration that you will oppose anything they do. Instead of constantly carping about it, why don't you tell us what you would have them do?

You are not going to get rid of this administration until January of '05 at the earliest. Anybody elected by the Democrats is going to be faced with the same terrorist threat if we have not nailed them by then. I didn't vote for Bush or Gore, and I won't be voting for Bush or his Democratic opponent in '04. I don't really care who is in, as long as they take down this threat.



To: Win Smith who wrote (35460)8/1/2002 12:43:43 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
And no, post WWII reconstruction doesn't count, Germany and Japan were first world before the war.

And they were Third World immediately after.

Derek