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To: Road Walker who wrote (182413)	2/10/2004 10:34:28 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578185

Check it out......what a shocker! Now we'll see how much danger we are in with this administration! *********************************************************** Pundit O'Reilly Now Skeptical About Bush WASHINGTON (Feb. 10) - Conservative television news anchor Bill O'Reilly said on Tuesday he was now skeptical about the Bush administration and apologized to viewers for supporting prewar claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. The anchor of his own show on Fox News said he was sorry he gave the U.S. government the benefit of the doubt that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's weapons program poised an imminent threat, the main reason cited for going to war. "I was wrong. I am not pleased about it at all and I think all Americans should be concerned about this," O'Reilly said in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America." "What do you want me to do, go over and kiss the camera?" asked O'Reilly, who had promised rival ABC last year he would publicly apologize if weapons were not found. O'Reilly said he was "much more skeptical about the Bush administration now" since former weapons inspector David Kay said he did not think Saddam had any weapons of mass destruction. While critical of President Bush, O'Reilly said he did not think the president intentionally lied. Rather, O'Reilly blamed CIA Director George Tenet, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton. "I don't know why Tenet still has his job." He added: "I think every American should be very concerned for themselves that our intelligence is not as good as it should be." O'Reilly anticipated the presidential election would be a close race, adding he thought Democratic front-runner Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts would be a formidable opponent against Bush. "It will be a very close race. The nation is divided," he said. 02/10/04 09:25 ET Copyright 2004 Reuters Limited.

To: Road Walker who wrote (182413)	2/10/2004 10:37:26 PM
From: Buckwheat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578185

No, terrorism is a big problem, John. And I hate to think what would have happened in this country and abroad following 9/11 if we had a lessor person in office. And people kill people, not guns. People have been killing people long before guns were invented. My point is that we kill a hell of a lot more people in this country every year than we do abroad. And I'm very skeptical as to what percentage of the figures presented for the two countries can be actually attributed to American actions. At least for one country there were no prior figures made available every year. We do know for a fact that the president had no reservations about killing 10,000 to 100,000 of his own when he wanted to make a point. We have a lot of bad people in this country too and we have a lot better information on the circumstances of the numerous murders that take place. Maybe the editor's efforts would be better spent trying to solve a problem in this country where abundant accurate information is already available. Instead of throwing rocks at an administration about some military action that she has little or no accurate information on. And the 3000 US lives that she so easily discounts in this country is troubling. Might be a little different if some of her family were included in that number. Her outlook might be a little different if she had to live as a female in the two countries that she is so worried about too. Buck