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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (173421)	10/27/2005 5:50:35 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

That's pretty funny Ed, in a sort of pathetic dishonest way. First, let's re-examine your post and see if I am having difficulty comprehending the tone you intended to project. But you don't get it and you won't respond with any kind of intelligent rationale to explain your loud, arrogant, and foolishly dogmatic "not fair" lament. And "context" or not, if it was your ass on the line, your children numbered among the 2,000 dead, or your friends and family facing a real possibility of coming home in pieces, you'd have a different view of how big a number 2,000 was. I'm sure of that because when threatened with going to war, war wimps tend to make some amazingly quick 180s. After all, for them the number of things it's worth sending others to die for is MUCH, MUCH longer than the number of things they're willing to actually risk their own deaths for. Deferments and National Guard ring any bells? You've taken the cowardly Limbaugh, Cheney and Wolfowitz copout. Friggen WAR WIMPs all. You make me ashamed that you call yourself an American. Ed Nope, no confusion there, you, you, you all over the paragraphs. Perhaps, instead of whining about someone pointing out your gross deficiencies in articulating your point of view related to the subject matter, instead of going on a personal attack, you should examine the written word with an open mind. Having said that, I don't blame you for distancing yourself on the broader issue of how a society should decide to wage war. I've come to expect the obvious unwillingness many have in regard to examining that part of the equation. As to your other questions, the answers are fairly obvious at this point. Yes, no, and finally yes, it's proving more so each and every day as Iraqi's take on more of the terrorist hunting operations while building a lasting democracy. No, it's not that simple, but it is that straightforward. ;-)