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To: JohnM who wrote (36206)	8/6/2002 10:23:08 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

That what you wanted to hear? I know we have to "agree to disagree" on a lot of this, John, but you were so upset at any comments on "Islam" that now you have me wondering. Do you oppose "Racial Profiling" of airline passengers?

To: JohnM who wrote (36206)	8/6/2002 10:43:10 PM
From: aladin	Respond to of 281500

John, The comparsion was not with the Cuban Missile Crisis itself, but with the presentation of our response by the President to the nation. If we always polorize the debate, someone could take an anti-democratic party position and argue that no Americans died over that crisis and that it would have only given the Soviets parity. By pushing the issue, we almost created a nuclear war when their only intent had been deterrence (remember our missiles in Turkey). At the time a number of foreign papers thought we were insane. As for a clear and present danger - If Saddam were linked to 9-11, the issue of him doing it again would be irrelevent. We could never take that chance. John btw - While I have supported the administrations response to date, I agree with you that a credible argument must be made for anything larger than a series of small covert actions on regime change for Iraq.