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To: Sig who wrote (128540)	4/6/2004 2:37:37 PM
From: boris_a	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Loyal Americans, and there are whole bunch of them, feel personally attacked whenever a serviceman is hurt in Iraq.It is considered a direct attack upon our way of life. And this is an exclusive American feeling, I suppose. The rest of the world doesn't mind if their compatriots get shattered in pieces by US guns.

To: Sig who wrote (128540)	4/6/2004 2:41:25 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Sig; Re: "Loyal Americans, and there are whole bunch of them, feel personally attacked whenever a serviceman is hurt in Iraq." That's exactly the way I feel, and it's why I want those servicemen out of Iraq. Your logic on why we're going to stay in Iraq despite the casualties didn't work too well in Vietnam, by the way. And then we had a public that accepted a draft. Now there's no draft, and Bush is so far out of soldiers that he's cutting short the returns of guys who thought that their 1-year tours of duty were over. -- Carl

To: Sig who wrote (128540)	4/6/2004 3:03:23 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<You tend to assume there is a division between our Military and ordinary civilians. Yet behind each serviceman are all his relatives who are typically proud of his efforts in serving his country.> There is no relationship between supporting US troops and supporting this war. Our military did not decide to go to war in Iraq -- the war is a consequence of decisions made by politicians like Bush and Cheney and bureaucrats like Rumsfeld. Our soldiers did not decide they wanted to go to Iraq -- politicians ordered them to go. The issue is not who supports US troops -- not at all. The issue is who supports the politicians and bureaucrats who sent the troops.