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To: stockman_scott who wrote (70488)	1/31/2003 10:19:51 AM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Scott, Another fine piece of trash. Your posts recently have sunk to such a disgusting level that I am finally putting you on ignore. You will use every expression of hatred that you can find to justify your point of view, even holocaut denial and anti-semitism. I hope that people with the hatred you express never get power in the name of peace. Shame on you. Paul

To: stockman_scott who wrote (70488)	1/31/2003 11:11:06 AM
From: altair19	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

S2, this was somewhat of a glib and arrogant article by Marc Ash. While Powell, and certainly Bush may be short on diplomatic experience, both Chirac and Schroeder, for all their "consensus building" and diplomatic process experience, have guided their countries into continuous economic downsliding. Powell's experience as a soldier makes him uniquely qualified as a peace maker as has been his approach. I can't speak to his diplomatic skills, but my sense is that he has never been belligerent. Just a thought. Altair19

To: stockman_scott who wrote (70488)	2/1/2003 2:20:06 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Stockman, that article was pathetic! You do a disservice to any sort of cause by publishing that. <George W. Bush, who spent his youth drinking rather than taking advantage of an opportunity for one of the greatest educations in the world, finds himself a boy amongst men diplomatically. > As Winston Churchill said, paraphrased, "Sir, I might be drunk but you are ugly and stupid. In the morning I shall be sober, but you will still be ugly and stupid". Marc Ash contributes nothing of value in that article. It seems that King George II has achieved far more consensus than either Chirac or Schroeder if we judge from poll results. Marc Ash is wrong. Also, Chirac hasn't exactly achieved any consensus. He's just one of many national leaders who have contrary views to King George II. That doesn't make him a consensus builder. France is the only country which has conducted a terrorist attack on New Zealand, so Chirac can take his skilled, diplomatic, consensus-building talent and shove it. Marc Ash's personal attack is the sort of drivel coming out of Europe these days. It says more about Marc Ash's lack of brainpower than King George's. The primary GeorgeW Cowboy theorem has already been proven wrong as the delay between 911 and now involved many sundowns, any one of which would have been suitable for a quick-draw Cowboy to demand a showdown for a bad movie. So far, there has been relentless, methodical, considered, thoughtful, consensual development of an unstoppable response. Colin Powell does not carry a gun in his hand. That's just a weak insult, attempting a smear that he's some kind of wild gunman. Yes, yes, the excuse is that it's an attempt to say that his earlier occupation was in the military. Well, so what? That's not a good thing when the moot is whether there should be a war or not and how it should be conducted. One doesn't put a journalist in charge of a hospital and doesn't put a doctor in charge of a war. I'd take Colin Powell any day rather than Marc Ash. I shall email this to the ugly, stupid guy: <You can send comments to t r u t h o u t Editor Marc Ash at: ma@truthout.com > Mr Brainfade [aka Marc Ash] has obviously misunderestimated King George II. Mqurice PS: This is ridiculous, I'm the one supposed to be dissing the USA. These days I find myself defending King George II and Uncle Al too. I'm fighting an almost single-handed rearguard action against the Mindless Zombies Subject 53236 in defense of our great and estimable hero, Uncle Al KBE, who has maintained the world's pre-eminent currency in the face of the world's biggest financial glitch.