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To: bentway who wrote (697646)	2/6/2013 7:54:04 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1573758

>> 50 years before America should have elected a black man. Talk about racist. There have been many well-qualified black men who would have made fine presidents before Obama. It is a tragedy that Americans chose to pick one who has made such a mess of things.

To: bentway who wrote (697646)	2/6/2013 7:56:09 PM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1573758

Colin Powell, a black man, fully supported it and reiterated his support last week. They acted based on all the intelligence that was available at the time.

To: bentway who wrote (697646)	2/6/2013 8:16:27 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1573758

AP Iraq 110,600 violent deaths ... March 2003 to April 2009 loud condemnation from people like you. A brutal tyrant dethrowned and replaced by seeds of democracy. ============================ Iraq 1998 over 500, 000 children under 5 years old dead as a direct result of Sanctions, a planned and calculated agenda to cause a grass roots uprising against Saddam Hussein: Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it. MONSTROUS A Dow Jones search of mainstream news sources since September 11 turns up only one reference to the quote--in an op-ed in the Orange Country Register (9/16/01). This omission is striking,...--a belief that the deaths of thousands of innocents are a price worth paying to achieve one's political ends--does not seem to be one that can be made in U.S. mass media. not a peep from people like you. "--we think the price is worth it." ... a complete failure. Who the feck does Madeleine think she is speaking for? fair.org