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To: Rascal who wrote (127256)	3/23/2004 8:04:13 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

A Guardian Interview With Richard Clarke _____________________ Julian Borger in Washington talks to former White House insider Richard Clarke about US's vulnerability to al-Qaida before the September 11 attack. Tuesday March 23, 2004 guardian.co.uk

To: Rascal who wrote (127256)	3/23/2004 8:34:07 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Rascal; Re: "Bush 41 committed us to Somalia. Clinton took the hit and withdrew." I should have been more complete. My point of view is that both Bush and Clinton were wrong to put and keep US troops into a civil war in Somalia. The underlying logic of your point is that once US troops are committed to a stupid, wasteful and unwinnable war, it is necessary for them to die in it. I'd love to hear you explain that one more completely to the widows and orphans. By the way, do you also believe that it was Kennedy and Johnson who committed us to Vietnam, but Nixon who took the hit and withdrew? Does that make Clinton and Nixon both geniuses screwed up by the previous occupants of the White House? Is what is sauce for the goose also sauce for the gander or is this just more political partisan bickering? The truth of the matter is that a dead civilian in Iraq doesn't care much whether it was Republican or Democrats who ordered the bombs dropped. His relatives probably don't even know the difference, if any. US foreign policy has had horrible errors under both party's rule. -- Carl P.S. I can hardly wait until after the f'ing election. Win or lose, at least I can expect the partisan bickering to calm down.