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To: Dayuhan who wrote (54222)	7/14/2004 7:59:25 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793625

I’m by no means convinced that the affair was handled as well as it could have been. We agree there. It seems though, that, to some, everything we do could have been handled better. The criticism always comes after the fact and never before. Neither Moore nor Kerry ever suggested a different way before the fact. I used to believe, "Cynicism is the smoke that rises from the ashes of burned out dreams." I have since learned that our brand of political cynicism is financially motivated. Moore is selling a movie. Kerry uses cynicism to chase largesse from rich skirts and fatter paychecks. Nor do I think the masses of Americans being cynical are doing so because their dreams have gone up in flames. Most Americans never had a dream for Iraq nor themselves and Iraq. Perhaps the greatest cynicism of all is that so many Americans accept that our freedoms and lifestyle were won and have been sustained by many a fight. Yet they don't comprehend our greatest allies became so because we fought to either keep them free or to free them. How poignant that our first fight to free the oppressed began in Boston. Since then we have been ensuring our own freedom by exporting freedom from oppression and opportunity for democracy, or at least political stability and personal opportunity . How sad that so many Americans are now looking to Boston to provide a leader who has spent his entire life running from every fight. uw