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To: mcg404 who wrote (21282)	6/25/2004 9:20:29 AM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 80915

John > Most Americans now say that sending U.S. troops to Iraq was a mistake < And next week it will be something else again. The reason they are now saying it was a mistake is simply on the basis of a perceived cost-benefit analysis, not because it was a war crime. They thought Iraq was a free-lunch, with oil on tap, now they find out it was anything but. While the "quick buck" dominates peoples' thinking, and not right and wrong, they will always be in trouble and make wrong decisions. What I can't understand is why don't the people learn anything from their professed religious belief? It was wrong to have gone into Iraq -- period -- for any proper reason, and there were none. This is not something about which one's opinion can vacillate.

To: mcg404 who wrote (21282)	6/26/2004 11:38:40 AM
From: IngotWeTrust	Respond to of 80915

"Most Americans now say that sending U.S. troops to Iraq (news - web sites) was a mistake, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds... Gallop doesn't speak for me nor my rural neighbors who were obviously out in the goldfields or moving cattle and didn't hear the phone. Tain't the first time Gallop missed the mark. Won't be the last either. Saddam had to be dealt with. And for Searle's benefit, I will say this with the proper amount of "RELIGIOUS" fervor. Easy for a So. African from his lofty retired MD perch to postulate--none of his countrymen/women are part of the 53--errrops, Spain pulled out, make that 52 nation coalition.

To: mcg404 who wrote (21282)	6/26/2004 11:39:21 AM
From: IngotWeTrust	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 80915

>> "Most Americans now say that sending U.S. troops to Iraq (news - web sites) was a mistake, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds...<< Gallop does NOT speak for me nor my rural neighbors who were obviously out in the goldfields or moving cattle and didn't hear the phone. Tain't the first time Gallop missed the mark. Won't be the last either. Saddam had to be toppled. And, as usual, the USA had to take the lead b/c no one else had the vision nor the tax base to do the dirty work. And for Searle's benefit, I will say the above with the proper amount of "RELIGIOUS" fervor as well as courage of my convictions. Easy for a So. African from his lofty retired MD perch to postulate--none of his countrymen/women are part of the 53--errrops, Spain pulled out, make that 52 nation coalition.