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To: stockman_scott who wrote (186251)	5/7/2006 10:59:48 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 281500

Rich makes a great point. By conflating Iraq with the "war on terror" and Saddam with Osama, the chimp Caesar's may have produced the results that will truly be dangerous for America - the rejection of the entire mess. Americans are ALREADY sick of Iraq, and just waiting for the politicians to catch up. We want to LEAVE Iraq - yesterday. It's universally aknowledged that invading Iraq was a mistake of massive proportions, if not actually criminal. But we must keep fighting the terrorists across the globe. Even more important than that is to give the young Arabs across the globe a viable alternative to the extremely suspect 72 virgins in Heaven - a life worth living NOW. I'd lose the "war" label though. "War" is something you have with other nation states. Every "war" we have with something that ISN'T a nation-state just seems to go on forever with no conclusion, no victory or loss. War on Drugs, War on Poverty - how ARE we doing?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (186251)	5/7/2006 1:41:41 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

"Last fall a Pew Research Center survey found that Iraq had driven isolationist sentiment in the United States to its post-Vietnam 1970's high. In a CBS News poll released last week, the percentage of Americans who name terrorism as the nation's "most important problem" fell to three." -------- It also has something to do with the projected $1T that this debacle could cost us. I don't think that includes the inflated cost of gasoline or the multigenerational enmity it inspires. That would be enmity of the American public and the world for the Republican party. :)