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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (177141)	10/27/2003 7:42:16 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1575695

Ten, re: These same people protested against bombing Afghanistan, Kosovo, Sudan, Iraq in 1991, Libya back in the 1980s, and pretty much every single military action America took in the post-Vietnam era. I disagree with that 100%. Far more people, worldwide, leaning both left and right, argued against this war. Just look at the support from NATO countries, we couldn't even pull in the folks we have defended through thick and thin. This was very different. I, for one, reluctantly supported those other actions you mentioned. The folks that are always for war of course supported this one, the people that are always against war were against this one, but the intelligent folks (worldwide) that actually think were overwhelmingly against this war from the start. John

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (177141)	10/27/2003 8:05:33 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575695

Ted, A bright blue zapper? That's a weird analogy. Flawed or not, this has become the new Bush strategy against terrorists: Bring the fight to their home soil, thus keeping it away from ours. Hence Bush's "Bring it on" comment that drew criticism from the overly-sensitive types. Overly sensitive types? I am not against this wear because I am too sensitive. I am against this war because it does not make good sense and will not accomplished its intended goals. It will be interesting to see how long it will take you to realize your mistake. It took the people back in Vietnam days at least ten years. Ted, even before this war started, we had people protesting the war like it was 1968 all over again. These same people protested against bombing Afghanistan, Kosovo, Sudan, Iraq in 1991, Libya back in the 1980s, and pretty much every single military action America took in the post-Vietnam era. Their numbers might rise and fall with the changing political tides, but their hard-line anti-war, "anti-establishment" stance has not changed one bit. They were protesting because the premise for the Iraq war was wrong. They didn't protest Kosovo, Afghanistan etc. because they understood the reasoning behind those wars. ted