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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (110335)	12/30/2007 3:47:00 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	Respond to of 132070

skeeter, I NEVER EVER said I supported the war!! I repeat... The only thing you are capable of is accusing me of things I never said and taking positions I have never taken in order to attack me. You are not someone I care to discuss anything with because you are intellectually dishonest person PERIOD. This is the last time and then I'm going to ignore you because you are a waste of my time. My position before the war was much more "against it" than "YOURS", virtually all the democrats, and most of America. I was "on the fence". I was LESS sure that those that were adamently opposed to it right from the start because I think "the right" is absolutely 100% correct in its assertion that there is a broad idealogical battle under way. It's not just a handful of thugs. I also think we ABSOLUTELY NEED to protect oil interests in the region not just for ourselves, but for virtually the entire free world until such time as we aren't all dependent on it. Securing those interests became problematical after Saudi Arabia threw us off our bases there after 9/11. Plus having a hostile person in the area heightened the risks of the "idealogical battle" after 9/11. So to me, there was no easy answer then and there is no easy answer now as to how we accomplish all our needs without causing more problems, wasting money etc... Whether the Bush administration executed the war well or not has nothing to do whether there were real risks and concerns that made this a tough choice at the start and now. Neither does their lying us into it. They are seperate issues. It's a clear position regardless of whether you agree with it or not. It's one you either can't comprehend or more likely choose to ignore because you are dishonest. It is NOT a pro war position though. It is the position of someone that understands both perspectives very well and is not living in a idealistic fantasy land.