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To: i-node who wrote (199927)	9/3/2004 10:27:13 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573850

Most Americans do. Another distortion. These are the current figures according to Gallop polls. 6. Public opinion has turned slightly more supportive of U.S. involvement in Iraq. Fifty-one percent of Americans now say that the situation in Iraq was worth going to war over. In early May, that number was 44%. Similarly, the two most recent Gallup Polls have shown that about 50% of Americans believe that the U.S. involvement in Iraq was not a mistake. That is up from three polls in late June and early July when only about 45% thought that sending troops to Iraq was not a mistake, and the "mistake" number was up to 54%. It's clear that the feeling of Americans is ambivalent and closely tied to the current events in iraq. The election and other news (the swifties for lies for example) have successfully drowned out the iraq situation. We are inching to 1K soldiers killed and 7K wounded, yet daily deaths barely make the news anymore. It saddens me to think that 1K of our best have been lost to a cause so many conservatives have aknowledged as a blunder. Even Fox commentators are talkng about iraq as a mistake and describing the prez as looking for a way outta there. It is also clear that the initial mission, which you describe as a hunt for American security from saddam's threat is a joke of a claim....as evidenced by the shifting rationale of the right wingers and neocons. Do you plan to read buchanan's upcoming book? Al

To: i-node who wrote (199927)	9/3/2004 10:39:56 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573850

Buchanan continues Bush-baiting tradition Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Patrick J. Buchanan, the commentator and former White House speechwriter and presidential candidate who bedeviled the first President Bush's 1992 campaign, is punching the pitchfork into the second President Bush with abandon. In the name of selling his latest book, Where The Right Went Wrong, Buchanan's anti-Bush quotes are on display in advertisements in many places in New York, including the pages of The New York Times, which conservatives usually love to hate. Excerpts: •"George W. Bush plans to fund God's Pork for 'faith-based' groups to enable Republicans to get a foot in the church door by making the pastor dependent on federal dollars." •"As custodian of the national economy ... George W. Bush has compiled a fiscal record of startling recklessness." •"Free trade is a bright, shining lie." Al

To: i-node who wrote (199927)	9/3/2004 12:51:33 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573850

> But in the case of Iraq, our national security was not! Okay, you're following the liberal line, so there is no end to this. Anyone with half a brain can see that Saddam presented a national security risk. That's true............a half brain might think that; a complete brain knows better.