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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (32729)	6/30/2004 10:25:25 AM
From: redfish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

I think with the Cubans here in Florida, it is more a matter of them not vigorously supporting Bush than actually supporting Kerry. I don't think Kerry has strong anti-Castro credentials, which is what they care about. Clinton did okay with the Cuban community because he had gotten burned (as governor) by the Mariel boatlift and he still held a grudge against Castro.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (32729)	6/30/2004 10:41:38 AM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

I am waiting to see if with the handover of sovereignty, the kidnappings, violence etc. will abate. If it does then it is not the Islamic terrorists but the Iraqis who wanted the US out and have the US hand over Iraq to the Iraqis. Could you explain this a bit more, please? It would seem to me that if kidnappings and violence abate that it would have been the terrorists who wanted the US out. How could you possibly attribute that to the "Iraqis" at large, based on your premise? I also think that the presence of foreign agitators/ terrorists versus the Iraqi population at large is the real problem. These folks want instability, whether under US occupation or under the transition government.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (32729)	6/30/2004 11:07:33 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

<<I am waiting to see if with the handover of sovereignty, the kidnappings, violence etc. will abate. If it does then it is not the Islamic terrorists but the Iraqis who wanted the US out and have the US hand over Iraq to the Iraqis.>> I'm not sure thats totally true with the number of non Iraqi militants that have invaded the country. I don't think countries like Iran, Syria or even Saudi Arabia wants a true democracy to take hold in their area of the globe. That very thing could destabilize their governments and I'm sure thats not what they want. Does that make any sense?