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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (65476)	8/29/2002 3:09:12 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

You and Dale are not so far apart. America is the country that was founded in slavery, the country that oppressed its native population, committed atrocitites in Vietnam and so on and so forth. But it is also the only country i want to live in because we debate it and get better over time. In the 60's blacks couldnt sit at lunch counters in the south or swim in the same pool as whites. Look at the progress that is made over short periods of time. It is the appeasers, the terrorists and the their apologists you need to focus your anger at. There would be no incidents of collateral damage if the Saddams, bin ladens, and the saudi princes of the world were eliminated. You know this but for some reason are giving equivalence to the accidents of war and mostly they are accidents i believe. Mike PS How many of the civilian casualties occur because the terrorists and terror states build their evil weapons where civilians live?

To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (65476)	8/29/2002 3:18:49 PM
From: Dale Knipschield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

>I myself am a Catholic< I had to smile when I saw that.......I was a Catholic before I became an agnostic.......the paths of individual lives are indeed complex and unpredictable. I suspect your concerns for the Afghanis are based upon a concern for the poor and downtrodden. Perhaps you can make yourself feel better by asking the question, "Are the Afghanis better or worse off today then they were a year ago?" And then ask yourself, "Are their prospects for the future better or worse than they were a year ago?" I know how I'd answer both those questions. Regards, Knip