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To: John Carragher who wrote (130258)	8/7/2005 1:19:29 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

CNN reporter's most emotional interview I think of these things as being counterweights to the glorification of war. War is hell, and we should never lose sight of that. And part of the hell is that people die for no good reason, because of human error. I think public pressure can actually improve things. For example, in WWI, generals felt that, unless there were a certain percentage of their own men being killed by artillery fire, that the artillery was not being sufficiently aggressive. We don't tolerate that type of behavior anymore. I am sure the WWI generals would call us cowards and worse.

To: John Carragher who wrote (130258)	8/8/2005 8:32:06 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

I have to assume this is more propaganda from cnn liberal reporters against the war in Iraq. Everybody has to be against the war. If I remember correctly, conservatives are supposed to be against us being involved in foreign wars. Foreign nation building is not our job. Both liberals and conservatives have different views on how and why we got into this war, but no one is for us pulling out of Iraq and having Iraq go into chaos. That is not a liberal position. Everybody has to be against the war. Everybody is looking to get out of this war as gracefully as possible. Everytime we go into an area looking to kill insurgents in Iraq, it is quite natural (as far as these things go) that innocent people are going to be hurt and killed. Innocent people are going to be unfairly interrogated. Some of the people that were neutral in their feelings about us are going to change their minds. We have to udnerstand the nature of this war. We have to understand the consequences of our actions. No one is blaming (no sensible people anyway) our military. They are risking their lives to do their job. We all feel badly for the relatives of our soldiers that are wounded and killed. But, how do you draw the line and not feel badly for the civilian Iraqi's killed and their families. one of the reasons we are there is to help the Iraqi's from being brutalized by their own (Saddam Hussein) people.