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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (597066)	7/29/2004 4:04:04 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

If it helped to tell hypocrites they were hypocrites, I would suggest that you both pluck they logs out of your own eyes rather than try to remove a splinter from something that you can't tolerate and prefer to corrupt than understand. But obviously that would never help, so I'll be my usual amiable self and just watch.

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (597066)	7/29/2004 4:34:59 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I'm less pessimistic. I believe what America is doing now in Iraq and Afghanistan can become a critical mass of informed change that causes the extreme elements of Islam to die out. This may take many years to decades but over time it happens. I also believe the systemic pressure now being exerted in the current generation of whackos will prevent any really large attack in the US. I don't consider the Madrid bombing a large attack. 9-11 was a large attack. There was a report recently how for the first time the CIA was reporting they had penetrated a few layer in the terrorists organization. That was a great FUD idea. It will cause all kinds of caution of action. As economic opportunity grows in any culture based on free market principles, I see no safe place for any religious wackos who want to incite violence.