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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (8090)	8/31/2007 1:25:53 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

Re: [He says: 'Only when it is clearly in OUR NATIONAL INTEREST.'] "Okay, well I would think that an attack on the pentagon and the murdering 3000 people in NYC along with the massive destruction of property is clearly "in our national interest."" You forgot to bother to *state an actual policy* there, GZ. OF COURSE taking some kind of effective action, some kind of master counter-stroke, would be 'in our national interest'. (And, I'm no 'pacifist'....) But, GZ, without a policy prescription, an actual agenda to follow, then you haven't identified a DIRECTION for that national interest to take yet.... Of course any attack upon us is an important matter of interest but --- WHAT BEST TO DO? That is what must be identified, and THAT is what any politician (proposing to lead us, asking us to follow him) must put forward. HINT: My support will be directed to whatever policy is proposed that stands the BEST CHANCE of BEING EFFECTIVE! I.E., most likely to achieve our long-term national STRATEGIC GOALS. ('Cause I'm only into "what will WORK". Not all that much interested in feel-good but illogical or impractical or counter-productive hokkum laid out just to fool the masses... like Roman 'bread and circuses'....) And... I think it's obvious that we wouldn't want to do something that is "NOT in OUR NATIONAL INTEREST."