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To: TimF who wrote (209498)	10/31/2004 5:15:42 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576625

And even if he did see us as weak, how weak is a nation sitting on the kind of arsenal we have? A stockpile of weapons is not enough to make a country powerful. Those weapons need to be used by people, and directed by leaders with some willingness to stay the course even when things get rough. In Lebanon and in Somalia we cut and ran. In response to pre 9/11 attacks we did nothing or did very little. Strength is not just in the weapon, or even in the skill that it is wielded but also in determination. I think we have the determination at least once we are sufficiently roused (by something like 9/11 or Pearl Harbor) but some of our enemies probably did not and a smaller number might still have strong doubts. I am sick to death of GOP machismo. It got us into a ridiculous war where people are dying left and right, and that no one sees winning any time soon. People can spit in your faces and you still won't get it. You can burn your collective hands on a stove over and over, and you still do not learn. You think the pain is good and necessary for progress. Well, it isn't.......and we need to stop this nonsense before it destroys us. ted