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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (195175)	7/21/2004 7:36:31 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572372

Ten, re: The trouble is that everyone has their own ideas as to what are the right things to focus on. So what's the solution? Paralyze ourselves even more, out of fear that we'll never reach a consensus on anything, not to mention the guilt of messing things up every now and then? That's not going to help. There were a menu of options post 9/11, virtually any and all of which would have been supported (at least short term) by the country. No President ever get's more of a mandate for action than Bush had after 9/11. You judge the man by the value of his actions and their results, not just because he did something. You seem to admire action regardless of it's outcome. With tragedy often comes opportunity. 9/11 produced the opportunity to bring the world together to really combat terrorism. And Bush started out OK; a better diplomat would have started better. But the agenda was quickly hijacked by the neo's who had "loftier goals" for a new American century of world political domination; first stop Iraq. From the perspective of fighting terrorism, Iraq didn't make any sense; in fact it was counter-productive. The results have been the opposite of what a "war on terrorism" should produce. And we're feeling that now; it's not abstract. You lower the bar way too far if you judge a President on if he acts; any President, Rep or Dem would have acted boldly after 9/11. You've got to judge them on results. Has Bush made significant progress in the "war on terrorism", or are things more dangerous now than they were before 9/11? John PS re: By the way, John, you really ought to work on that anti-Christian prejudice of yours. This wasn't the first time you brought up my own faith against me in a prejudicial rant, you know. You wear it on your sleeve Ten, it's part of who you are and it's part of your posts. I'm certainly not anti-Christan, in fact I contribute to more than one Christian charity.