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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (150641)	11/2/2004 4:14:36 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I completely disagree. Iraq is far from wrapped up, unfortunately Agreed. Kerry, who intends, I believe, to lose the war in Iraq by bailing as soon as he can, will do wonders for terrorist recruiting by providing them with the best recruiter of all: a winning cause. An apparent win might play in the short term, but I think the Bush/Cheney war itself has done more to aid recruitment of new terrorists than any other actions the Bush administration has taken. If you accept for a moment that 5,000 - 15,000 civilians have been killed, that's probably 15,000 - 75,000 families touched, with some 100,000 to 2,000,000 persons (extended families) affected. That's a pretty big "funnel" (using sales-speak here) from which to recruit new terrorists, most of whom will have at least some anger towards the US regardless of how they felt about Saddam. Even if only one quarter to one half of these people feel real anger or hate, its more than enough.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (150641)	11/2/2004 4:26:29 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

[E]verywhere in the Middle East the terrorists are praying for a Bush loss. What about Iran? 'Axis of Evil' partner Iran endorses Bush for president Tue Oct 19, 2004 8:10 PM ET news.yahoo.com Message 20674754

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (150641)	11/2/2004 5:18:16 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

and everywhere in the Middle East the terrorists are praying for a Bush loss. Utter and complete BS. You can call the moderator on me if you want, but I find it utterly ridiculous that I'm always getting berated for incivility and other alleged high crimes and misdemeanors, and you consistently put out nonsense like this as if it actually means something. "Remarkable contributions", indeed. Do you put on a Cheney sneer while you're typing garbage like that?