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To: The Ox who wrote (21659)	10/1/2004 11:43:31 AM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23153

Michael, how are you? It's been a long time. Re: You have stated that we should not undermine the leadership while our troops are fighting. I agree completely on a fundamental level... I'd be careful on this one. In our country how do you engage in the democratic process if any policy questions on the wisdom of our "war" policies are labeled as "undermining our leadership while our troops are fighting?" How do you question whether sending our troops to fight and die is for a cause that is consistent with the true meaning of America if to do so is somehow "wrong?" Take it to an extreme; if we had never questioned and therefor "undermined" our leadership at the time of the Vietnam war, would our nation have been better or worse off? If Bush sent men to secure Canadian natural resources in "our economic interests," would you say we should not "undermine him?" I think most people that take that "don't question the president when our men are dying" position, also make the assumption that the cause is worthy of the costs our men and women in uniform are paying. In Iraq, if you consider the basis for the occupation and the poor odds that they will succeed in the path they are allegedly attemtping to follow, they're wrong. Ed