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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (144200)	8/27/2004 9:11:29 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

An odd litany. You do understand, I hope, that FDR did not contract polio until he was a middle aged man, and therefore it had nothing to do with his lack of service. Your smear of those surrounding Bush is interesting, but worthless, since, whether you believe it or not, one can support Bush's actions for national security reasons as well as other things. Actually, Roosevelt did a poor job of anticipating the actions of the Soviets in the post- war period, and it took the Marshall Plan, which arose under Truman, to figure out how to get Europe back on its feet. The "A bomb/ Mars" contrast is puzzling, rather opaque. I have seen the footage of the classroom visit, and, for the most part, Bush was not reading, but listening to the teacher and the students brag excitedly about their demonstration. Aside from that, what do you know about what FDR did immediately after learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor? Maybe he brooded for awhile over a scotch and water........

To: Noel de Leon who wrote (144200)	8/27/2004 9:27:15 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Explosives found on a downed Russian airliner indicate there is a long and important war ahead for which we will need brave and loyal troops such as those learning in Iraq. Consider the economic consequences and panic if those had been American aircraft. Now the Russians also have a problem. We have to get the terrorists on their home grounds before they can act. This WOT is going to be unique with hidden battles, difficult scorekeeping and elusive targets. Which makes it very difficult to find a clear explanation for the public of its necessity. We with hope have to assume the Administration including Congress will carry on despite all derogatory comments by the Press and the naysayers who keep implying there are better ways than warfare. By those people that are out of the loop, with little experience, and who lack accurate information which must be kept secret to confuse the enemy. We are forced to fight while upholding certain moral standards in world opinion, while terrorists have no restrictions. But win we must and win we will, or its goodbye to air travel and our economy. Sig