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To: Road Walker who wrote (255926)	10/17/2005 7:15:06 PM
From: kech	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572530

And when the successful experiment of democracy blooms throughout the Middle East it will be anti-war votes that haunt Democrats. Egyptians and Syrians and Iranians are looking at the elections in Iraq, and wondering why they can't do the same thing.

To: Road Walker who wrote (255926)	10/18/2005 3:02:04 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572530

re: Pro-war votes may haunt Democrats It's tough... it's why bad wars last so long. At the early stage when everybody is gung ho over shock and awe, it takes a hell of a lot of courage for a politician to be anti-war, and essentially be labeled a traitor. Later when the reality of body bags sets in, it hard to say "I was wrong". People don't like to hear that from politicians. I can remember how pillored McDermott was for his anti war views. He couldn't stop the wave of war but instead was called every traitorous name in the book. ted