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To: benwood who wrote (231298)	3/26/2003 1:13:50 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

some regard the term religious fanatic as redundant -- I do not! I've commented too much on this already. it changes nothing. I think one can be sincere and be sincerely wrong. 100 billion is nothing compared to the lives lost and the potential long term damage that may be done to polarize groups around the world. what was the intent of 9/11?? well, first, there was the intent to destroy -- obvious, huh? but the intent was strong enough for folks to disregard their own lives who carried out that attack. Likewise, those who planned and aided the attack seemed to care little that they would be chased and hunted down. Tough to discourage folks who will die to destroy others. I expect their hope was to draw the US into a conflict which they could then characterize along religious and racial lines to draw even more of the moderate islamic peoples over to the radical side. In this regard, the pursuit of Al Qeda to Afganistan, there was little effect, IMO. The overthrow of Sadam may be a completely different story ... I believe in God. I am convinced that Jesus Christ is who he claimed to be -- the Son of God. I pray that the US victory will be speedy as well as the return of the troops for the sake of the welfare of all those caught in this circumstance. I do not understand the reasoning behind this war -- it does not appear to ME -- to have anything to do with the security of US citizens in the US. For me it defies good military logic. It defies economic logic. I would have no quarrel with bombing WMD sites ... All I do now is watch and pray. There is nothing else to do.

To: benwood who wrote (231298)	3/26/2003 1:49:33 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I was just studying the Radio France web site to see what their take was on the Iraq war. Since France is viewed in the U.S. as disloyally unsupportive of the U.S., I thought I might find a different view from either the US or British media. What I found was a decriptive portrait of Saddam Hussein that is quite hostile and evinces no sympathy whatever with him or his government. And the accounts of what is going on there seem exactly the same as from U.S. and British sources. That's not to say that we're getting the whole truth.