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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (229395)	5/1/2007 9:37:21 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Peter, YOU are threat to civilized society. You and your ilk promote ignorance which is always a threat to civilization. Iraq was a threat to civilized society. PROVE IT. Yeah, I didn't think so. You are increasingly delusional because you know that were wrong, you backed the wrong horse, your position is immoral and you can't stand what it says about how you think. It is responsible to try to provide the police support and to protect the citizens so that a civilized society can re-emerge. Well what the heck do you think the last 4 years have been about? Granted your guys have been tripping all over their feet for this length of time but are you now saying that the US military has not been trying to do this? Even Petraeus says there is NO military solution to the problem. Exactly what do you expect the US military and the American people to do when the head of operations in Iraq says that? Tell him he's full of it? Now you're trying to rewrite history to justify your poor position. Prove that Iraq was a threat to civilized society before Dubya toppled the government. PROVE IT. Get a clue. Even a single clue will do. Just go and get it.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (229395)	5/2/2007 6:41:55 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Thank you Peter. There are too many people that can't seem to think beyond the immediate situation. It's hard to have enough time to think of all the problems we as a Country and as a World have to face...some people just want to dash something together, pretend they made a dent, and then run off to the next problem. Others don't want us to do preventative planning at all. Or do anything that might actually PREVENT another murdering barbarian attack. Yet, those are the very people who run to the media, with motormouths running, about "we didn't plan"...."no one did anything for me today"....etc etc. There are so many examples, but here's another to add below....Should GWB have said re the tsunami in Indonesia two years ago, "we haven't built the ships yet to come rescue you?", or "let Europe do it this time....we're tired of hearing the flack for every little thing...." I do worry about us as a Country, and our Grandkids and theirs....So many people, and frankly, the media as well, are very much into "blame" and "looking busy" rather than actual contributing input to help solve problems. We did not make it worse, we changed the problem. I don't buy the theory that Middle Easterners can't sustain a free society, nor do they deserve to be free. That would rile all of the great Presidents from our history. Would Lincoln have said, "never mind, keep the slaves."? Would Washington have said, "never mind, we really want to pay exorbitant taxes to the crown."?