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To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (30196)	7/25/2005 7:00:57 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362342

It took me a few minutes to absorb your words. Here's what I came up with. At the time when we bombed Baghdad I was not as savvy about politics as you were. Things were more black and white about Iraq to me, although I was tuned in to Bush being a big lying, cheating president. One of my first gotchas from George I spotted was when he addressed those folks at Ground Zero, and he put his left arm around that elderly fireman. Somebody yelled "I can't hear you!" Right then I spotted a scam. THAT was a set-up, and I just knew it, knew it, knew it. His reply was far too fast for a guy with his I.Q. Too perfect a reply he did make. You on the other hand knew much more than I, so you suspicioned more hanky panky by him regarding the lack of yellowcake from Niger, no WMDs in Iraq, and some other falsehoods that I was eating up like apple pie. Had to figure that one out for a bit.

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (30196)	7/25/2005 7:09:22 PM
From: tsigprofit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362342

I was not pleased either when the bombs fell on Baghdad. I cursed it, and told people Bush was a war criminal - because Iraq did not do 9-11 or attack us. Now - I was also someone who would not have objected if we had used a nuke on Kabul after 9-11. And tactical nukes on all of the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where Bin Laden was hiding - irradiating the entire measure for good luck. That's where I came down on it then - and I'm not sure doing that then wouldn't have been better than what we did in Iraq. We would have gotten the majority of them - including Bin Laden, and not occupied Iraq as we've done. It is possible to be both against Iraq, and for a severe response after 9-11. >> I was not "pleased" when the bombs hit Baghdad. I fought so hard against the war (and the lies) that I felt the tragedy very deeply. I still can't believe we couldn't stop the madness ...