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To: epicure who wrote (9971)	5/4/2004 1:27:08 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

This is an interesting commentary on the American political scene. The desire of most Americans will not be represented in our presidential election, and it is generally ridiculed in intellectual circles. <<< ... Take the vote in Spain a couple of weeks ago where the Spanish population was harshly condemned for appeasing terrorist and so on. I have yet to see anybody point out that what they voted for in Spain was the same position as the overwhelming majority of the American population (which has held since last April, but now it’s about seventy per cent) that the UN should take the lead in reconstruction and the transfer of authority and that its not the business of the United States to run Iraq. That’s what the voted for in Spain, they didn’t vote to withdraw troops. They voted to keep troops, but only under UN authorisation. That’s the position of the considerable majority of the American public and it has been for almost a year, but it doesn’t matter. An individual may hold that opinion, but since nobody knows that that’s the way most people feel, you feel alone ... >>> chomsky.info Tom