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To: Jill who wrote (60092)	12/20/2003 1:48:47 PM
From: Cactus Jack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

There were no weapons of mass destruction. Respectfully, we don't know that. Libya has now agreed to destroy the WMDs that, as of last month, it didn't "have" either. With Saddam captured, the likelihood of Iraqis speaking up increases dramatically. JMO How has your trading gone this year? You seem to have had some good success. Hope all is well with you. jpg

To: Jill who wrote (60092)	12/20/2003 7:51:05 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

jill and paul- two very good posts. devoid of exaggeration. i like that. of all the reading i've done in the past three years there are a couple of documents that, more than any news stories or opinion posts or conspiracy theories, tell the story of the true ideology, direction, motivation and intent of the current u.s. administration. both of them are either commissioned by or partially developed by most of the key players in the administration. the first is from the project for a new american century: newamericancentury.org and the second is from the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University and the Council on Foreign Relations: neteffex.com they are very LONG documents to read but after reading them, very few readers will have any problem in seeing the motivation for the wars the u.s. has started or predicting the future course of action of the present administration. the documents were both written before september 11, 2001. if i were heavily involved and invested in either the military industrial complex or the energy industry i might be fully behind these policies... but i'm not. no one who considers himself/herself a global citizen can read these objectives and support them. and i'd be hard pressed to believe that anyone other than a u.s. citizen could support such policies unless they were promised either money or protection by the u.s.a. i don't really have a problem with understanding their motivations and goals and i agree that they have a right to believe these policies are well founded and valuable for them. what bothers me greatly is that rather than profess these ideas publicly and work for their acceptance, they choose to distrust the public in this regard and instead use manipulative, misleading and dishonest tactics to gain public support. -elpolvo