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To: t2 who wrote (6787)	9/20/2002 1:34:02 AM
From: surfbaron	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

T2: do you make all of your important decisions based on what others think? Leadership isn't about concensus. Its about doing whats right in the face of criticism. the USA has a far better track record than any country in history at doing whats right.

To: t2 who wrote (6787)	9/20/2002 2:16:47 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 89467

>>The way Schroder's party is gaining because of the ANTI-WAR talk is very ironic. << whatever has been said (Schroder, Stoiber, justice minster etc) and heard, should be re-examined and probably re-said and re-heard as of Monday -ie after federal elections in Germany -. Means, there were a few statements that may take some back-pedalling to do. Re justice minister she disclaims saying whatever has been quoted. In any case she probably bangs her head against the wall for opening her mouth in the first place. And, btw the practice of deflecting from inner problems by doing big-time foreign policy, has not started with Hitler (and factually bankrupt Germany in 1938), In any case I feel uncomfortable with the "anti-US" term - it is SO dangerously close to a pars-pro-toto generalisation. One can still be critical about 43 and his entourage for instance, while appreciating what founding fathers (...band playing star-spangled banner in the background...) and all those who followed in their tracks, created. RegZ dj