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To: kumar who wrote (45631)	5/19/2004 11:04:22 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793808

Oh, hi, Kumar. Long time no see. I was thinking about you the other day, wondering whether you knew, in advance, before you became a US citizen, that you were going to move away, and distance yourself from us, your former friends. Doesn't matter now, done is done, and I, for one, am pleased and proud that you are ostensibly "one of us." Motives are tricky things, no?

To: kumar who wrote (45631)	5/19/2004 11:11:57 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793808

Hi, Kumar! I was concerned we hadn't heard from you. India sure had a shock. What do you think of the change?

To: kumar who wrote (45631)	5/19/2004 11:16:30 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793808

Here's what you guys don't understand: The war in Iraq was started because Iraq was believed to have WMD. Those weapons have not yet been found. If they are NEVER found, indeed if they never existed (unlikely, in my opinion), the war was started under a true premise, that is, Iraq was believed to have WMD. Every big name politician out there has agreed to this premise at one time or another. Repeatedly stating that does NOT make it a false premise no matter what the ultimate answer is. The belief may turn out to be untrue (unlikely) but the belief was a true premise, one that President Bush acted on while EVERYBODY else just flapped their jaws. What might be useful, is for the administration to be upfront and say publicly "we started this war based on false premises".