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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (42270)	9/6/2002 1:31:13 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

"make Cheney rich". Hey, Hawk, Rascal has a blindspot on Cheney that equals John's blindspot on the NYT. Just let him vent, it takes away some of his burning anger that is still present from the 2000 election results. :^) I watch a feature tonight on PBS's Lehrer report that was interesting. They interviewed Afghans who live in California. These people had been very negative about our attack on Afghanistan. But after visiting since our war there, they found we had not done as much damage as they feared, and that things were going much better than they expected. Glad to see that kind of result, especially on a show put on, and watched, by the left in this country.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (42270)	9/6/2002 8:53:50 AM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

And don't , as Vice President,recharacterize Iraq (Saddam) as an lying evil-dooer who must be removed when the truth is Saddam was an excellent customer who made Cheney rich a scant 3 years ago. Oh cut it out... $73 Million over the course of several years, as compared to their annual $6.3 Billion revenue was hardly sufficient revenue to "make Cheney rich. The deal was legal, the Post said, and they showed how U.S. firms use foreign subsidiaries and joint ventures to avoid doing business with Baghdad. The practice is not a violation of U.S. law and falls within the U.N.-run oil-for-food program. Then you see no disconnect and are not troubled by Cheney's flip flop of characterizing Saddam? He went from being a "legal" customer to a heinous dictator deserving of removal. There is a lack of proportionality in the negative rhetoric, investigation and reporting when comparing the Clinton years and the Bush Administration. Whitewater was a peanut deal in backwater Arkansas compared to the magnitude of the dollars in Cheney's international deals. Also: What about the flip flop of Cheney preaching to lift the sanctions against terror nations in 2000 compared to his invasion fervor now. Doesn't the hypocrisy bother you? In the 1990's he was happy to make his paltry $73M by trading with Iraq and now he wants your military (and mine) to risk their lives just because he says so. How can you fight for a man who has such a compromised character?