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To: michael97123 who wrote (50701)	6/17/2004 8:09:53 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793964

To:Sam who wrote (136863) From: Andrew N. Cothran Thursday, Jun 17, 2004 7:02 PM Respond to of 136917 Now for the small print. USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC News, CBS News, NBC, News, et al All of the above and more disgorged themselves in an orgy of glee this morning with the NEWS (they reported) that 9/11 Commission, in its preliminary findings, had concluded that there was no evidence to support the thesis that there was a connection between Sadaam Hussein and al-Qaeda. Furthermore, these illustrious dispensers of wisdom and knowledge crowed loudly that the 9/11 finding debunked and disproved any claim by the Bush administration for its invasion of Iraq. Now, in the late afternoon, BOTH of the Co-leaders of the Commission DEBUNK the headline writers, accusing them of distorting the report at best and deliberately misleading the public at worst. Both Hamilton and Kean decry the interpretation that the popular Press placed on their report. Now, the question is: Will USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, et. al. bother to CORRECT their highly biased and deliberately misleading reportage. The answer is "Don't hold your breath!" These newspapers and news outlets proved this morning and in highly dramatic fashion that they are not interested in reporting the truth. THEY WANT TO GET BUSH. THEIR REPORTING IS THE AMMUNITION THAT THEY USE. THEIR FALSE WORDS ARE THE BULLETS IN THEIR GUNS AND THE ARROWS IN THEIR QUIVER. It takes the truth a long time to catch up with the falsehoods. This is a fact that the dispensers of distortions know all too well. They have dispensed the distortions. They are not about to offer up any corrections however false their distortions and however true the corrections.

To: michael97123 who wrote (50701)	6/17/2004 8:31:17 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 793964

Atrocities happen in this world over and over again on a daily basis. I don't know what to do about the Muslim problem......and yes, I mean problem. The UN won't get off it's lazy, corrupt butt to help those poor people.....and I don't mean every person that works for the UN is lazy or corrupt. Very few nations in this world are willing to step up and deal with this problem either out of apathy, sympathy or fear. There is a huge problem that exists between this religion called Islam and it's followers. The right interpretation for me would be that killing over ideology or religion is wrong....but maybe that comes from my luck at being born and raised in a society that values mankind? I don't know how to instill that value in anyone else. I do think it's worthwhile to construct and enforce laws based on equality and democracy which rule how we behave towards one another. That is what is missing in much of the ME. That we are in Iraq trying so hard to bring that concept to its people is a noble thing. And like you, I hope they embrace and hold tight this great gift they are being offered. M