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To: bearshark who wrote (236486)	7/15/2007 9:05:54 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Think of it like you asked whether Saddam was with us or against us during the Bush Sr. term. The answer was "yes". It was a function of our mood at the time. It's possible to have contradictory alliances. Sudan for example, Sudan is committing genocide in Darfur; with Islamic fundamentalists no less. So they are against us. But their intelligence service is working with our intelligence service so they are with us on the war on terror in which they are a participant. So Sudan is with us and against us. No reason why we can't be with us and against us at the same time. Check my last sentence please. Is it correct as "like me" or is it "as me." I seem to remember a nun beating me silly on the use of "like" or "as. That could be the root of the problem. The nuns taught you that "or" implied choice. Bush is a protestant. jttmab