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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lotus Lake (Hijacked) who wrote (392772)	4/15/2003 5:58:25 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769669

<<People are hungry>> Hopefully, they were fed liberal amounts of lead...

To: Lotus Lake (Hijacked) who wrote (392772)	4/15/2003 6:03:14 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769669

Another McCainiac in custody. The ranks are getting thin... channels.netscape.com

To: Lotus Lake (Hijacked) who wrote (392772)	4/15/2003 6:10:35 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

Time will tell what this war really costs us. I supported it in general but mainly because I knew it was inevitable anyway, that Bush had made up his mind UN or no UN, so might as well hope for the best. But as much as I wanted Saddam taken out (back in 1991 preferably) this adventure may turn out to be extremely expensive to the US in a multitude of ways. 1) Harmed alliances, less cooperation 2) Longer paralyzed global economy 3) Bogged down in the Arab world 4) Our oil companies reap $$$ but pay few taxes 5) Deficits galore 6) Our troops as "Iraq cops" with targets on their backs 7) 9 months of backward progress on other issues 8) KIA's 9) Having to pay for Iraq for many years 10) More tension in the Arab world Now the good things: 1) Saddam not around anymore 2) Can counter OPEC 3) Dont need Saudi or Turkish bases 4) Israel safer 5) Our military gains valuable experience Plus two maybes: Possibly, we destroy from WMD's if we find them MAYBE this shuts up some American-hating Arabs, maybe What we dont know: Will this mean more terrorism or less?