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To: RetiredNow who wrote (216620)	2/1/2005 2:09:51 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571204

As far as French immigration, anyone can see the math on CIA's site. I guess you don't know how to read, as well as how to do math. Nice try, John, but everyone on these threads can see who is off his rocker and that is you. Must be one heck of a disappointment to see all of your doom and gloom predictions come to nothing. Funny guy.....who is the doomer and gloomer who's talking about the Muslims taking over Europe and then the world? Dang! You are just like DR.....projecting your MO on the rest of us! Celebrate why you can: Democracy won, but do Americans care? "However, unless Americans buy into Bush's rhetoric for years to come, his experiment with democracy will fail. Georgetown University professor Michael Hudson calls Iraq "the most expensive political science experiment in the world." 150,000 Americans were serving in Iraq in the run-up to the elections. The U.S. diplomatic presence in Baghdad is the largest since Vietnam. Politicians in Baghdad and Washington wisely avoid discussion of specific losses - no daily tallies, no lingering, mournful looks - and instead focus on the outcome. Freedom was mentioned more than 20 times in Bush's inaugural address; Iraq, not once. The financial price of war no longer goes unnoticed. For three years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the administration managed to play a quiet shell game with the numbers, first in Afghanistan then in Iraq. Congress was effectively bullied to accept budgetary demands as a matter of patriotism and support for the commander-in-chief. Now, these supplemental requests - extra monies that fall outside the general budget - have totalled over $300 billion. Congress is less acquiescent; Americans are finally paying attention, especially as cuts closer to home cause them to reconsider waging war for democracy." dailystar.com.lb

To: RetiredNow who wrote (216620)	2/1/2005 7:01:22 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571204

re: I never said I wanted a troop withdrawal prior to the election. You said you wanted the troops withdrawn right after the election. That's now. re: Must be one heck of a disappointment to see all of your doom and gloom predictions come to nothing. Let's weigh it: We've got 1400 soldiers dead, 14,000 maimed, 100,000 Iraqis killed, untold number of Iraqi's maimed, 250,000 Iraqi's homeless, $200Billion+++ in US deficit spending, a completely destroyed infrastructure in Iraq, 60+ attacks (with terrorist methods = new veteran terrorists) within Iraq every single day. We've lost the respect of the world, we've burdened our kids with massive debt. Versus one election. Would you make the same trade for one election in Iran, Syria, Cuba, China, North Korea, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia? How many elections can we afford? John