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To: stockman_scott who wrote (80190)	3/7/2003 3:42:40 PM
From: Sam Citron	Respond to of 281500

Good article. They wrongly perceive that to have such a debate is in itself a sign of division and disunity, and they think their constituents expect them to act as a rubber stamp for the imperial authority of the wartime President. They want to maintain a united front. There is a confusing mixture of sudden paranoia along with an intoxicating sense of American military invulnerability leading to a "Might Makes Right" nostalgia. They see the honor of America as being threatened and do not want to convey a perception of weakness or indecisiveness. They have forgotten their true function in a democracy.