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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (60637)	10/14/2004 9:23:25 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

He acted unilaterally in pulling the nation from international treaties designed to move toward a more livable and a more just world, such as the Kyoto Treaty and the treaty creating the World Court of Law. That's no Republican. That's a Democrat in drag.

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (60637)	10/14/2004 10:34:11 PM
From: Keith Feral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

I find the infinite idealism of our nation to create an ironic sense of security risk. We have found examples of genocide, suicide bombing camps, and other methods of terrorist risk that are prevalent throughout the entire Middle East. They are the WMD. As a society, all we can do is sit back and divide ourselves about the dubious intentions of Bush because Saddam was thwarted from developing an immediate level of military threat. Don't the training camps that were designed for the destruction of Western targets count for anything? I almost think that our liberal persuasion leads us to believe that if we sit back and let suicide bombers develop their camps in peace and quiet, nothing will happen. I am not sure if it is apathy or hope or hope that apathy will give us more breathing space. Something needs to be done. We live in a global society where nations must play by the rules. If the leaders of one nation support murderous intentions against the rest of the world, they must be removed even if they have not consummated their acts of destruction. If a nation like Iraq openly trains people to conduct suicide bombings, those elements need to be removed. The backlash from any decision is sure to draw criticism. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Damned any which way to look, for that matter. I think the direction of leadership has quickly brought the situation into a manageable set of conflicts at this point. There is very little that can be done to offset the course of development for Iraq going forward.