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

To: American Spirit who wrote (362921)	2/24/2003 11:39:25 AM
From: MARK BARGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I vote American Spirit for President!

To: American Spirit who wrote (362921)	2/24/2003 2:00:06 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

How do we recoup the 200 billion cost of the war? If Bush has his way, we will recover the cost by leaving payroll taxes where they are and cutting benefits for Medicare and Social Security. What's left will just be rolled into the national debt.

To: American Spirit who wrote (362921)	2/24/2003 3:56:32 PM
From: steve dietrich	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

AS, I wrote John Kerry an email about a week ago and offered him my suggestion that when a war declaration becomes imminent, Saddam be told that asylum would no longer be an option after the war had commenced. Today he sent his reply; thought you might be interested in reading it. Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:52:51 -0500 From: "John Kerry" <John_Kerry@kerry.senate.gov> \| This is Spam \| Add to Address Book Subject: Re: Averting the War: adopting an unique position To: "STEPHEN DIETRICH" <sdietrich@prodigy.net> Thank you for contacting me to express your views regarding U.S. policy towards Iraq. I appreciate your input as our country continues to debate this important issue of national security. I believe that the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq poses a real threat to the security of the region and of the United States and that he must be disarmed. The Senate voted on October 11 on a resolution to hold Saddam Hussein accountable for his repeated violations of his agreement with the United Nations to disarm his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). I voted to support the resolution because I believe that unified American support for this disarmament effort is crucial. Every party in this situation has obligations they must meet. For Iraq, the burden is to live up to its international obligations to disarm, adhering to the unanimous will of the international community. It is Saddam Hussein who, ultimately, must choose between war and peace. For the United Nations, the burden is to live up to its responsibilities and enforce its will through all available mechanisms, not finding excuses in equivocation and delay. The United States has obligations as well. We must not rush to war. Although I will support military action as a last resort, I have continually emphasized to the Bush administration that we must work first through arms inspections not war, and that if it becomes necessary to disarm Iraq by force, our efforts must be multilateral. As I have said frequently, the United States should never go to war because it wants to. The United States should go to war because we have to. And we don't have to until we have exhausted the remedies available, built legitimacy, and earned the consent of the American people - absent, of course, an imminent threat requiring urgent action. I have no doubt of the outcome of war itself should it be necessary - we will win. But what matters is not just what we win but what we lose. We need to make certain that we have not unnecessarily twisted so many arms, created so many reluctant partners, abused the trust of Congress, or strained so many relations, that the longer term and more immediate vital war on terror is made more difficult. And we should be particularly concerned that we do not go alone or essentially alone if we can avoid it, because the complications and costs of rebuilding post-war Iraq would be far better managed and shared with United Nations' participation. While American security must never be ceded to any institution or to another institution's decision, we must show respect for the process of international diplomacy - because it is not only right, it can make America stronger - and show the world some appropriate patience in building a genuine coalition. Thank you once again for taking the time to share your views with me on this extremely important topic. Sincerely, John F. Kerry U.S. Senator