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To: michael97123 who wrote (383828)	5/12/2008 2:00:20 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573134

They will say that they support US troops by wanting to get them home. They have a point there in a war that appears to be in stalemate mode forever. I would like to think though that when our troops battle al quaeda, chris and ted are rooting for our soldiers in the actual fight. A little history: C'mon Mike. You're already ON government welfare, driving a boomer around defending us from a 15 year old defeated threat. The Russians keep THEIR boomers in port. You're just a total waste of money. You should have PLENTY of time to spell out the specific Al Jazeera lies you're claiming! Here's a link to their site: english.aljazeera.net It's seems less biased to me than Fox News! Message 21947734 We waste a LOT of money on welfare for you former cold warriors! Why? globalsecurity.org (ancient 2004 numbers that DON'T COUNT Iraq!) There's no reason the US, with Mexico and Canada as it's land-linked neighbors, needs to spend as much as the rest of the world combined on it's military. We live in one of the safest countries on earth. But the constant fearmongering by the politicos pays YOUR salary, doesn't it Mike? Message 21948907 So, now your on retierment welfare from your useless "service"! No one can deny America spends 10 times more than it should on the military. To pay for useless clowns like YOU. globalsecurity.org We just can't afford the madness any longer... Message 21949291

To: michael97123 who wrote (383828)	5/12/2008 2:43:13 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573134

They have a point there in a war that appears to be in stalemate mode forever. I would like to think though that when our troops battle al quaeda, chris and ted are rooting for our soldiers in the actual fight. That i think is the crux of the matter. I don't believe we're in a stalemate, nor do I believe it is "forever". But the fundamental problem, I think, is the belief that we're at war, or should be, against solely AQ. However, Bush [properly, IMO] declared the scope of the war to be far broader than just AQ, and included those who are terrorists, but also those who in some way support terrorism -- either through harboring terrorists or financing, whatever. Furthermore, it is not just terrorists who attacked the US, but ANY terrorists (which would include Palestinian suicide bombers, for example). However, nothing in Bush's remarks would suggest that we would deal with them all in precisely the same fashion. The Left has made a mistake by zeroing in on AQ as the sole enemy, and declaring the war a failure because we haven't gotten bin Laden. We are at war against radical Islam, which is a huge subset of Islam. The view that we're at war against AQ, which is a tiny subset of Islam, is misguided. The problem isn't some crew of renegades.