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To: SilentZ who wrote (206453)	10/14/2004 2:41:40 AM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1584583

Z, Not a bad article, To get inside the Washington office of the International Monetary Fund the other day, I had to show my ID, wait for an escort and fill out a one-page form about myself and my visit. I told my host: "Look, I don't want a loan. I just want an interview." Somewhere along the way we've gone over the top and lost our balance. That's why Mr. Kerry was actually touching something many Americans are worried about - that this war on terrorism is transforming us and our society, when it was supposed to be about uprooting the terrorists and transforming their societies. Friedmann would have helped himself by mentioning as well how one of Kerry's criticism of Bush on Homeland Security is that he has not done enough in turning the civilian lives upside down. Joe

To: SilentZ who wrote (206453)	10/14/2004 1:49:00 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584583

That's why Mr. Kerry was actually touching something many Americans are worried about - that this war on terrorism is transforming us and our society, when it was supposed to be about uprooting the terrorists and transforming their societies. The Bush team's responses to Mr. Kerry's musings are revealing because they go to the very heart of how much this administration has become addicted to 9/11. The president has exploited the terrorism issue for political ends - trying to make it into another wedge issue like abortion, guns or gay rights - to rally the Republican base and push his own political agenda. But it is precisely this exploitation of 9/11 that has gotten him and the country off-track, because it has not only created a wedge between Republicans and Democrats, it's also created a wedge between America and the rest of the world, between America and its own historical identity, and between the president and common sense. If Bush were actually fighting a war on terror, the schism that exists in this country and with the rest of the world might not exist. His decision to go off on a ridiculous tangent in Iraq is the cause of the current negative climate. And of course, he doesn't want terror reduced to a nuisance. Its fear of that terror that gives him license to do whatever he wants. ted