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To: manalagi who wrote (72904)	2/26/2005 12:18:24 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

I have not experienced war. Though I tried to enlist I was born with epilepsy so I went to college instead. I have also never traveled a formerly imperialized nation. Though I don't view our mission in Iraq to be imperialist in nature there is no question that we are imposing some of our values (democracy) on them. Your assumption that I would fight to the death were the United States to be invaded is correct. My goal is not to jeopardize global safety or wipe out innocent human life. My hope is that through this event (and war is never the desired means) that we can find a way for lasting global peace. I know that sounds crazy but sometimes, for whatever reason, human beings find common ground in cherished peace after a war. It's like 2 high school boys going outside and fighting only to become friends later. It makes no sense and the stakes are much higher in war but the analogy still stands. Germany and Japan are both examples of this as it relates to the US. The Brits are another example. Conversely North Korea is an example of where this thought process failed. What we need to do now is hope and pray for the best.

To: manalagi who wrote (72904)	2/26/2005 1:55:37 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

That was a beautiful empathetic post about putting yourself in someone else's shoes. If any American had experienced what you described I doubt that that person would be for war.... A commentator from BBC was on the radio the other night. He said that what we did wrong was try to squash an idea and religion out of a group of people by trying to destroy them . That the idea will always be there. Instead we should tried to find out why they were striking out against us under the aegis of OBL.. AND maybe some amelioration might have been done. Now there are those who throw out look what happened to England when Chamberlain tried to placate Hitler... That we needed to be aggressive and go into Iraq.. I disagree as one mistake does not mean that working through on some plan might have avoided this mess. We always had the back up.. WAR.. Just like we have the back up.. the BOMB... AND we want to dictate who else can have one. Who made us the bosses of the world. These are the issues that bother me. WHO.