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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (286962)	8/15/2002 3:24:45 AM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

ONe of the news channels covered the flood and showed many pictures of the destruction. It's sad to see some of those beautiful castles and centers of art with so much devastation..................of course the human suffering is probably much more severe. I watched some coverage of the city of Dresden in East Germany............a city that has gone through so much. When in college ( many years ago.LOL ) I did a speech on the city and compared the loss of life to that of the town of Mei Ly in South Vietnam ( sp?). Over 300,000 civilians lost their lives when our planes bombed the city during WWII. Sadness is something they are familiar with. If we could connect with their frame of reference we could understand their attitude better. Let's hope we can grow to understand them without losing that many people. Having empathy for their current plight is a start. If our gov't offered a helping hand it would go a long ways toward friendship. Building a bridge of understanding by helping them would be a start ( even if they are currently against us ). We certainly have empathy to the human misery that is occurring......and the potential loss of nonreplaceble artworks.