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To: tejek who wrote (188018)	5/6/2004 8:03:11 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1585684

RE "But what does happen is that Americans thing he is this highly moral, upstanding individual. They fall for it every time. That's why the sucker scares me." --------- Dishonestly crosses the line. His ratings are going down. People are not falling for it. What the soldiers did was wrong, but you know what? When a group of Israeli soldiers did about a year ago, at least the head of the military went on TV and was honest enough to say, "it is wrong. War is war - these things can happen. But it's not right." By comparison, he didn't say what Rumbsfield said a year ago, "our soldiers would never do anything like that." He didn't deny it, he said he would investigate it and prosecute those involved. He wasn't like Bush, "it is un-American - we are above this - we don't do this (even though the procedures seemingly allow for it) and we will prosecute those who are guilty" --- but then they don't prosecute the ones they say are guilty! Compare this to the Israeli military head who was honest about their error. Honesty is extremely important and scores huge points in the face of errors. But to be dishonest, is to be a liar: Bush has lied because Bush's actions do not match his words. I can sort of understand confusion on WMD. But there is absolutely nothing ambiguous about letting Private London go free when the military decided she was guilty. Bush is a liar, if she goes free. Regards, Amy J