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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (83273)	3/18/2003 6:49:07 AM
From: Condor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Cook's resignation speech It works for me. IMO this last two months has been the American Tiananmen Square. In the past three days the countries of the world watched as their protests and opinions were finally drowned in the roar of tank engines. The American administration chose the darkside this week end. They extinguished their moral beacon.

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (83273)	3/18/2003 11:03:36 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

The Rot at the Center of the Empire by Jacob G. Hornberger* The Future Of Freedom Foundation March 14, 2003 fff.org <<...Last weekend’s announcement that the U.S. government had relied on fake and false evidence in the attempt to secure approval of its upcoming invasion of Iraq was, by and large, met by a collective yawn from the American people, especially the members of Congress. It’s just one more example of the depths of moral depravity to which our nation has fallen. Think about: After months of enumerating a long laundry list of alternating justifications for invading Iraq and killing lots of people and after looking for every conceivable technical violation of UN resolutions to justify an invasion, it now turns out that the federal government has cited and relied on fake and false evidence to persuade both the American people and the UN Security Council that an invasion is necessary — an invasion that will certainly kill tens of thousands of Iraqis, including both ordinary soldiers and civilians, and possibly large numbers of American GIs...>> *Jacob G. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, and received his B.A. in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his law degree from the University of Texas. He was a trial attorney for twelve years in Texas. He also was an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas, where he taught law and economics.