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Politics : Attack Iraq? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jerry manning who wrote (5322)	3/30/2003 12:11:04 AM
From: calgal	Respond to of 8683

Poll: Blair's Popularity Among Britons Shoots Up Saturday, March 29, 2003 LONDON — Prime Minister Tony Blair's popularity rating has risen to its highest level in months, according to a poll published Friday. Forty-three percent of respondents surveyed by MORI said they were satisfied with the way Blair was "doing his job as prime minister." Forty-eight percent said they were dissatisfied. It was Blair's best rating since June 2002, when 46 percent of respondents were satisfied and 47 percent were dissatisfied. Last month, a MORI poll found only 31 percent of respondents were happy with his performance, and 61 percent were unhappy. Blair took a major political gable in committing some 45,000 British troops to military action against Iraq despite widespread opposition in Britain to involvement in a war without U.N. backing. Recent polls, however, have shown growing support now that war has started. MORI interviewed 983 adults face to face between March 20-24. The margin of error was plus or minus three percentage points. URL:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82569,00.html

To: jerry manning who wrote (5322)	3/30/2003 12:31:22 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 8683

Clinton authorized assassinations against terrorists: From Washington Post: "While much of the legal authority to carry out targeted assassinations remains shrouded in secrecy, the CIA and military derive their legal authority to carry out such operations from two classified legal memoranda, one written for President Bill Clinton in 1998 and one written by Bush administration lawyers after the Sept. 11 attacks."

To: jerry manning who wrote (5322)	3/30/2003 1:14:49 AM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Respond to of 8683

Do you really believe that this administration NEEDED this war? without a doubt. That it wanted this war? absolutely. no coincidence that osama - remember him? - morphed into saddam at the exact same time americans started asking some serious questions about why the funders of and hijackers on 9-11 were the same people sleeping in the lincoln bedroom. supporters of the iraqi invasion are in effect acting as apologists and defenders of the real terrorists, the sa'uds.

To: jerry manning who wrote (5322)	3/30/2003 4:12:47 PM
From: Doren	Respond to of 8683

You are laboring under many misconceptions: 1) Most of the Anti War people know full well that Saddam is a liar. Haven't talked to any that don't believe he is a liar and a cheat and a murderer. We do believe that inspections were weakening his ability to produce WMD. 2) I don't know any that believed everything Clinton said. Many, were not happy with much of the Clinton administration's policies. I did not like Clinton at all. 3) They don't believe Bush because of the track record of the previous Bush Admin. You are getting the cart before the horse here. They hate Bush because he lies not visa versa. 4) You are over simplifying. We do not think Bush loves war. I do think he is a very poor leader who cannot think objectively. He acts rashly as does Rumsfelt (a loose cannon). I think it's obvious the deaths of civilians and Americans pains him. However the US has made some really poor choices in our foreign policy. Remember we supported Saddam, the Afghan's against the Soviets, and we've installed dictators in many countries. America's track record is uneven and invites suspicions about our motives. As I said, a lot of the AntiWar people might have supported war but not so quickly. We think Bush was rash and impatient. The demonstrations before the war were pretty huge considering that the war had not even started. There was far more opposition than the Vietnam war engendered at it's start. After the war started the amounts of people at the demonstrations dwindled to only the embarrassing minority extremist trouble makers. The reason the demonstrations were so much smaller is that the anti war factions learned a lesson after Vietnam: We don't blame the soldiers. Virtually everyone I know in the antiwar side is careful to express support for the soldiers. The demonstrations dwindled out of concern for the soldiers and in hopes it would be over quickly. Unfortunately a quick war does not seem viable now. Even if we take Bhagdad it looks like guerilla war. I think the demonstrations will begin to get larger and larger again. The freaks in the street are without honor. They are meaningless...unless they are there to support our troops and their own freedoms. I don't believe this war is about our freedom. Not by a long shot.