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To: Boplicity who wrote (8591)	8/5/2002 2:04:12 AM
From: Sig	Respond to of 13815

Hi Greg: Yes, the market may get pop in the next few days since Congress went into recess there will be less threat to changing all business and investment rules Those honkies in the Middle East who do not even have schools except for religion seriously misjudged America. From a distance, thru watching TV, we appear to be a bunch of dis-coordinated panies. They thought, under a new President, after all the dissention in the Election, that Mr Bush the newby would be powerless and un-trusted by Congress and by other world leaders.. And power is the only thing those types respond to. (Talk is useless) Mr Bush has adamant, forceful, direct and clear as to what we would do and did do to Terrorists after the 911 incident. And on our own if necessary. They did not realize the meaning of "Dont Mess with Texas" (or a Texans home in Washington). Afghans, without education, do not have the foggiest idea what lies in the hearts and pride of American citizens I went to a wedding and half the people there worked on the space program in one way or another. Dang near everyone who lived in Seattle in the '60's worked for Boeing at one time or another. Entire families and their offspring. With few exceptions, most Veterans like myself have a fierce pride in doing what was right for our Country. We can hate the President, hate the Military waste, hate the IRS, dismiss Congress as a bunch of pork chasers but when someone attacks our Nation, our Country,-look out. Because we can get forget our dissentions and work together as no other nation. President Kennedy said, lets go to the moon and we were off to the Moon with everyone pulling together. About Iraq: This would be a military operation of some sort, and thus very secret, and therefore the Press is only guessing , or using only the released info ( which may be purposely misleading),when they discuss how and why and when. IMO there has been an unwritten rule of civilized nations that you do not first target the nations leader- King, Queen, President, or even Dictator. Its been a good rule since there is no better way get a country all riled up, angry, and coordinated in their response. That rule was broken in the 911 attack. But as you mentioned, we need some of the Muslim nations on our side to attack Iraq. If we get that, then I expect 'ground zero' , and the first shot ,to be within 100 yards of Mr Saddams location. And Pat showed us on the Dell thread the preferred weapons. Sig

To: Boplicity who wrote (8591)	8/5/2002 8:22:24 AM
From: AugustWest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13815

Wouldn't surprise me to see our gov. try to tie Iraq to the 9/11 bombings. Whether or not it is true, it will instill patriotism and a sense of a need for revenge. I imagine by that time the gov will paint them in such a bad picture the american people will be supportive. But I agree with you that in the eyes of the M.E people we will look like greedy oil-hungry pigs and that will only breed more hatred. If we go to war with Iraq and don't have the support of other M.E govs. we could be up against a lot more than Hussain. Jordan's president already, over the weekend strongly warned Bush against any such attack on Iraq. And now thatHussain has made the offer to the UN inspectors to enter the country, that will make it all the more difficult.

To: Boplicity who wrote (8591)	8/5/2002 12:35:56 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13815

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To: Boplicity who wrote (8591)	8/5/2002 5:03:18 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13815

4:03 (Dow Jones) You can pretty much disregard that nifty rally of a week or so ago. Stocks have latched on to negative thoughts once more - the economy, the Middle East, Latin America, etc. - and a retest of lows is probably in the works. In fact, the Nasdaq Comp is closing at a bear-market low, and is only about 15 points away from its intraday low. ISM data not horrible, but not encouraging, while bets heat up for next Tuesday's Fed meeting. Cisco reports tomorrow night, and outlook isn't expected to be much different than in quarters past. Major averages close at or near session lows. DJIA sheds 274 to 8038, Nasdaq Comp falters by 42 to 1206, and S&P 500 drops 30 to 834 (preliminary).