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To: LTK007 who wrote (73814)	1/16/2007 12:24:01 PM
From: abuelita	Respond to of 89467

max- thank you for your concise and very articulate post. you put into words what i have often thought but hesitated to convey. on the eve of bush's announcement to deploy additional troops to iraq, the 'man on the street' was interviewed in some town in virginia i believe. he was asked if he agreed with the president's decision. his reply was shocking, and yet not. he said - "we had 9-11 didn't we? kill 'em all" unfortunately, that 15 second blurb of an ignorant american speaking, paints a picture of american attitudes more accurately than any peace protest could because, of course, it IS more accurate. at some level, the majority must feel that way, which is why neither political party will move to alter the course of the inexorable march towards tehran. i believe I read a reference recently to john kerry's evasive response to the question of iran. the reason for his evasiveness was attributed to the electability of the democratic party. if there is a silent majority of americans who wish to end the hostilities, they have an enormous task ahead of them to overcome the "kill 'em all" attitude currently prevalent. the american public has been throughly and cruelly hoodwinked by their political leaders IMHO -rose