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To: LindyBill who wrote (104641)	7/11/2003 1:53:48 AM
From: spiral3	Respond to of 281500

America will share the burden with them if they share the burden with us where we need it. And that means peacekeepers in Iraq. The world cannot stand by watching us bleed in Iraq, and then expect us to bleed for it in Liberia. Odd conclusion from Krauthammer. This is what the left was saying all along. The thing about your slur yesterday is that if you’d read the article properly you would have seen that in fact Serwadda was sticking up for Bush. So why diss him for “pissing on our shoes” when he wasn’t. I don’t get it. There’s no winning with you guys. Considering Serwadda’s track record in fighting AIDS he might have found the “screw him” part mildly amusing, but I doubt it. Exactly where you got the F You attitude from towards this man is a mystery, and I’m certainly not holding my breath waiting for an answer. Serwadda is not part of the “they” that you think he is. Simple case of mistaken identity I suppose.

To: LindyBill who wrote (104641)	7/11/2003 2:00:53 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 281500

Great article, LB! Maybe Krauthammer has been reading some of the posts here....I know that thoughts similar to his were posted here within the last few days....! Should we then do nothing elsewhere? In principle, we should help others by economic and diplomatic means and with appropriate relief agencies. Regarding Liberia, it is rather odd for the Europeans, who rail against U.S. arrogance, to claim that all the armies of France and Germany, of Europe and Africa, are powerless in the face of Charles Taylor -- unless the Americans ride to the rescue. We should be telling them to do the job, with an offer of U.S. logistical help. We have quite enough on our plate in Iraq and Afghanistan and in chasing al Qaeda around the world. If, nonetheless, the president finds the pressure irresistible to intervene in Liberia, he should send troops only under very clear conditions: America will share the burden with them if they share the burden with us where we need it. And that means peacekeepers in Iraq. The world cannot stand by watching us bleed in Iraq, and then expect us to bleed for it in Liberia.