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To: LindyBill who wrote (20145)	12/16/2003 7:38:43 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793592

Nordlinger is right to this extent: Clark is in the middle, and hasn't gone far enough. He should say nothing, or say the obvious, that investigations into what really happened on 9/11 and Iraq contracts have been sabotagued and need to be independently done, immediately. It's great to have captured Hussein alive, it's better than dead - but Bush allegiance should be to the American people, not Iraqis... The real job is capturing the people behind 9/11. That has been a second failure. Yet Bush contributors are profiting, while "evildoers" get away. The questions are obvious, even if Nordlinger chooses to ignore them. how is it possible to take seriously a man who says that Bush is "more concerned about the success of Halliburton than having a success strategy in Iraq"? That's what the facts show. Going after someone not involved in 9/11, causing the deaths of hundreds of American soldiers, thousands of injured, and tens of thousands of Iraqis, is not rational, and is causing increased terrorism, not less. Lies were told, even tho' they've been downgraded to "maybe later we'll find something" type excuses. If terrorism declines, we could possibly say the Iraq invasion was better for Iraqis, and maybe better for Americans. Many including myself are certain we had another year or two to investigate and corner an already-pathetic and fully neutralized dictator without killing tens of thousands of Iraqis. That amounts to a charge of treason. Nordlinger says it, not Clark. It looks a bit like a case that he "doth protesteth too much", in an attempt to stamp out criticism. It is also demented. Even if you think that Bush is dead-wrong on the war — on the War on Terror in general, and on the Iraq effort in particular — surely you can see that he believes in it, that he believes that the war is necessary for American security, and for the peace and stability of the world. No, Nordlinger, I for one don't "surely" grant Bush Junior belief in anything much beyond a teleprompter wired directly into Rove's brain. Even the "God grant us victory" comment last night was pure focus-group script. That line is great for Henry V in Shakespeare, but loses sincerity when mouthed by someone who can't even face an unscripted news conference for fear of catching himself in a lie. I am continually amazed that people who make statements such as Clark has made can continue on in public life, as though they had done nothing at all. Nordlinger would then be even more amazed if he knew the concerns of millions of people outside the Beltway.