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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (8523)	4/5/2004 7:56:34 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 173976

Re: Are 43% of Americans delusional, in deep denial, or uninformed? Oh, no. It's a much higher percentage.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (8523)	4/5/2004 7:59:21 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

I believe the answer is: mostly misinformed. According to the most recent CBS poll, 36% of Americans still think Saddam was directly involved in 9/11. If I believed he was involved, my view of the Iraqi invasion would be very different. cbsnews.com As these people learn the truth, Bush's approval rating should continue to drop.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (8523)	4/5/2004 8:25:32 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Lots of folks are emotional. Things like soldiers being in Iraq cause them to support something they might not otherwise would support. Had these folks been provided accurate information pre-war, they wouldn't have supported it. Even Congress deserved accurate information, and didn't get it. The solution in Iraq is a two state partitioning: a) a complete southern Shiite nation, with its border north of the Tigris River to the Iran side (about the size of South Carolina); and, b) a northern democracy connecting the Persian Gulf south of the Tigris, comprised of a close approximation of Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites; w/a carrot of some kind to offer jobs and homes to jobless and homeless Palestinians. The tradeoff for allowing the new northern democractic nation access to the Gulf would be a share in oil revenues from the resources from the Kirkuk oil fields to the north. Bingo! Democracy based in the Mid East; and a land that wishes to be predicated upon religious worship. The US would improve its image among Muslims by helping to establish the new theocracy; and the US would gain credit for also helping to establish a democracy in the Middle East. Its standing in the world improved.