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To: tejek who wrote (269791)	1/24/2006 8:58:37 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572372

And they have been wrong for nearly 5 years. When do they understand that this tactic is not working. Do you expect me to sit around with my finger in my nose while you all get up to speed? Really? There have been no terrorist attacks in the US since 9/11. Osama and Zwahiri are in hiding and on the run. Israel has withdrawn from Gaza and there are rumors of a bill being proposed to compensate folks in the West Bank for relocating to Israel proper. Aghanistan is now Democratic and is on the road to recovery. Libya came clean and has decided to rejoin the international community. Syria is under serious pressure for its role in the Harriri murder. Lebanon is on its way to Democracy and has finally shed its Syrian shackles. The Pakistani nuke network was uncovered and dismantled. Iraq just held its first constitutional election and is well on its way to Democracy and handling the terrorists among themselves. These are all watershed events in the Middle East Muslim world. You don't see them for what they are, but I do. They are pieces to a puzzle and when that puzzle starts coming together 10-20 years from now, everyone will see how the true catalyst was 9/11 and America's reaction to it. You may not like Bush's Democracy by force methods, but they ARE working, not because Bush planned well, but because the Muslims in that region were hungre for Democracy and they'll sieze whatever opportunity is given them. So you see the glass half empty, because you just don't want to believe that anything good can come from the actions of Bush. I see the glass as half full, because even though I think Bush is inneffective, I'm not blinded by a hatred for him or Republicans. Things are getting better in the Middle East and 10-20 years from now, we'll all be happy that we DID something instead of sitting on our thumbs while radical Muslims had their way with the world.