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To: LindyBill who wrote (34763)	3/16/2004 1:51:01 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793552

Citizens of EVERY country, including the US, would be wise to read these words again........ The terrorists sought this because they understand, even if many in Europe do not, that Iraq is a crucial battleground in the war on terror. They understand what a deadly threat the new democratic constitution is to their cause. As Abu Musab al-Zarqawi wrote in his famous memo, where there is democracy, there is no pretext for murder. Where there is liberty, there is no chance for totalitarian theocracy.

To: LindyBill who wrote (34763)	3/16/2004 7:35:12 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793552

Aha. I've finally found a fault in a Brooks column. He said this: " it was crazy to go ahead with an election a mere three days after the Madrid massacre." And then he said this: "If a terrorist group attacked the U.S. three days before an election, does anyone doubt that the American electorate would rally behind the president or at least the most aggressively antiterror party? " That suggests that he wouldn't have us postpone our election under the same circumstances. I presume that's because he thinks that an attack would help his guy win, which wasn't the case in Spain. If it's crazy to go ahead with "an election" in Spain, then it would be crazy to go ahead with one here.