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To: one_less who wrote (214613)	1/25/2007 11:09:57 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The brutality of Saddam sent him to hell where he belongs. The brutality of Saddam was real. It was a horror. It was about as low as you can go. Those, like yourself, see this and if I read you right conclude that this is a justification for invasion. The problem is that it would never have been supported by the American people. Thus the need for the big lie -- and to those perhaps like you a little lying is just what must be done from time to time to move forward. But for the President of the United States to lie as a basis for invading another country is one hell of a lie. The lie stands -- it won't wash away. Now if you go to the results of the big lie you have something worse than the lie itself -- you have absolutely terrible judgement. It is terrible judgement because it in no uncertain terms serious undermines the national defense interest of the United States. For a President to lie to start a war that seriously harms our national defense interests is about as bad as it can get. Throw in torture, secret prisons and the rest and you have a President who sank lower than any other leader of this country with which I am familiar. We have choices -- and we made the worst possible choices.