On Fri, 27 May 2005 16:01:55 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
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>Doug McDonald wrote:
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>> Rita wrote:
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>>> I was not debating you, simply stating my opinion.
>>> But so long as this war persists, expect that many,
>>> many are not happy campers. We don't see the situation
>>> as you do -- not even close. And I feel deeply for our
>>> troops who are dying by the day, and just as deeply
>>> disgusted with the rah rah stuff from those who
>>> choose to support this unnecessary adventure in Iraq.
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>> I am far more disgusted with people like you who don't worry about the
>> 3000 people ALL INNOCENT SAVE 19 OF THEM ... killed on Sept. 11, 2001,
>> and worry about how ewe can guarantee, as best we can, that it will
>> never happen again. That guarantee cannot be obtained by doing
>> nothing, and "diplomacy" is nothing. It can only be done by
>> ging to where the source of evil is and rooting it out. That ius
>> what we are doing.
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>> Remember that every death ... be is an American soldier,
>> a contractor abducted and beheaded by ISlamic terrorists,
>> one of the terrorists or their sympathizers themselves,
>> or an ordinary Afghan or Iraqi caught in the crossfire,
>> owes that deathe to the evil forces of Islam and
>> islamic fundamentalism. We in the US merely respond to
>> the attack on us. Israelis respond to teh attack on them.
>> The blame lies in Islam.
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>> Doug McDonald
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>I am also concerned by the deaths of the poor folks lost on Shrub's
>magical adventure. An adventure into a place with no history of
>involvement in long range terrorism, no involvement in 9/11 (unlike
>shrubs buddies in saudi) and a major target of the folks sponsoring 9/11.
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>As to the involvement of Islam some are involved and some are not. The
>fairly secular folks in Iraq were not. The right wing nuts in Saudi
>certainly were. Did the neo cons just get lost or are they
>geographically and politically challenged?
I am a New Yorker and of course 9/11 was a tragedy. But Iraq
didn't cause 9/11, it was Osama Bin Laden who still is loose.
Not all Muslims are terrorists and to think that is to fail to
zero in on the problem. Had Bush pursued Bin Laden to the ends
of the earth, I would have heartily applauded him. He seems to
have lost interest because he had the Iraqi adventure in mind
all along. There is plenty of evidence that supports this view.
I can understand those with loved ones stationed in Iraq having to
justify the danger they face there by believing it is a meaningful
involvement for the U.S. I think that is the case with this poster.
It is hard to face the fact that your loved one is fighting in a
pointless war, as was the case with Viet Nam also.
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