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To: GST who wrote (124911)	2/22/2004 5:47:43 PM
From: NightOwl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hmmmm... I could be wrong of course, but if remaining "supreme" is what you're after, I'd say you've got much bigger problems than "third-rate" politicians. 0\|0

To: GST who wrote (124911)	2/22/2004 7:46:47 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<<Our pre-occupation with Iraq reflects the decline of the United States as a world power.>>> "Our" preoccupation with Iraq is caused by the Press seeking saleable and emotional news. As they did with the O J Simpson trail, as they did with the Monica Lewinsky affair. We hear every day about our casualties in Iraq, but how many times do we hear about the 5000 older Parisians who died from the heat, and how many times will we hear about these 320 deaths ? customwire.ap.org <<< China is powering forward at a breathtaking pace while our gaze is turned towards Iraq. A meteorite did hit in the Pacific, and it did cause a tsunami, but our eyes were fixed on an irrelevant tin-pot dictator.>>> History does move right along, as you note. First there was Bosnia. Then our eyes were on counting those tiny chads and the 200 lawyers in Florida for a while. Then came OBL and the Taliban, and finally we carried out a UN resolution and did something about that rat in Iraq. <<<For a moment in time the US was supreme -- what is surprising is how short-lived that moment seems destined to be.>>> In whose eyes were we supreme ? Our own eyes? Economicaly we are still supreme and growing again. Militarily we are supreme and swiftly growing stronger,while Saddam has lost the use of 800kilotons of armament and his Air Forces and missiles. And other Nations are much more aware of our determination and influence. Do you think our moral values have sunk even lower than that implied by our xxx movies and rampant consumerism ? <<< George Bush declared the UN "irrelevant" at the very moment in history when he was about to make the United States increasingly "irrelevant". If you look hard at September 11 you can see the highwater mark. Terrorism will not destroy us -- third-rate politicians will be our undoing.>>> Terrorists can destroy you personally, if they get a chance . If you were a passenger on the flight with the shoe bomber. If our Security people had not stopped many planned attacks before they could be carried out. If speaking personally, the ones who will destroy you economically are the bankers and the lawyers who will one day, if not already, own everything(g) Sig