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To: sandintoes who wrote (209)	3/24/2003 6:38:33 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 495

GEORGE BUSH, A NAME THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY chicagotribune.com From the article: National hysteria The fact is that national hysteria does not translate well. Americans not only are afraid but they are isolated in their fear, with a few scattered sympathizers, like Albania and Uzbekistan, arrayed against the overwhelming opinion of a world that thinks we have gone collectively nuts. Most commentators, noting the macho strutting of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the president's insistence that the world is either for us or against us, have blamed the Iraq policy more on testosterone than terror, with an unhealthy dash of hyper-religious certainty mixed in. But Bush often comes across as truly frightened, convinced of threats that the rest of the world just doesn't see. This silly thread seems to be a perfect example of the madness of crowds...........