To IV-Mystic Dreamer

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Registered: 08-31-2004
To IV-Mystic Dreamer
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Tue, 08-31-2004 - 9:58am
From a 25 yr old Englishwoman

I read your post (or should I say article!) on Bush's half-truths and non-truths, it was very interesting. A couple of thoughts:

How can you have a war on terror? It's not a country. It's not a race, nor a gender. It's a feeling!!! 9/11 was horribly wrong, but it was far from unprecedented. Here in the UK, we've been dealing with terrorism for a very long time, specifically from the IRA and other groups like it. But we didn't go and bomb the sh*t out of Australia because they had tenuous links to Ireland! This is not to say that we should be lenient on terrorists. But the vast majority of Iraqis who are now dead were not terrorists. If the minds behind 9/11 could be found, I'd gleefully pull the trigger myself, but why are we killing people with no connection whatsoever to that atrocity?

The idea of Bush and Blair sitting together praying gives me shivers. Separation of Church and State, people! Isn't that what your Constitution says?

Both of them have been proved to be liars, and to have taken our countries and our young men and women into war on completely fabricated grounds. I confess, I'm glad the Taliban are no longer in power in Afghanistan, but it's the height of idiocy to believe that we went into Iraq for any other primary reason than OIL!

baby siggy

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Registered: 08-21-2004
Tue, 08-31-2004 - 11:07am
I think Kerry is a good man...more importantly, think Kerry is a truly educated man with a sense of wisdom about him that Bush could never hope to have.
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Registered: 08-31-2004
Tue, 08-31-2004 - 11:11am
you're very lucky that you actually admire one of the candidates, I only wish I could say the same for my choice here in the UK
baby siggy
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Tue, 08-31-2004 - 11:19am
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Sure they can thank you after they've finished counting their own dead and tallying up their own personal costs in supporting the War in Iraq.

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Registered: 08-31-2004
Tue, 08-31-2004 - 11:26am
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Sure they can thank you after they've finished counting their own dead and tallying up their own personal costs in supporting the War in Iraq. "

Suemox - abso-bloody-lutely. I know people who were out there, English lads who were right there the whole time.

Canadian? That flag thingy is cool, how can I put one on my site name?

baby siggy
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Tue, 08-31-2004 - 11:52am
I meant is IRAN next. Sorry for that very important typo.

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Tue, 08-31-2004 - 12:09pm
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Hmmm....I did it by clicking on my name link (on top of the post). This brings you to a page where you can set up a profile, edit it and also "Edit Board Settings" link..go there. There is a place where you can add an icon next to your name. I checked it out and there was a choice to select a British flag (right next to the Canadian one :o)

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-21-2004
Tue, 08-31-2004 - 12:09pm
Yes, a sad reality of politics these days, is that too often the well financed instead of the best qualified are allowed to run for office.
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Tue, 08-31-2004 - 12:09pm
TOUCHE
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Registered: 04-04-2003
Tue, 08-31-2004 - 12:50pm
I don't know if you get coverage on the Republican convention or have been following the speeches at all but I thought you might be interested in reading Rudy Giuliani speech. It was a good speech and served to fire up the Bush supporter's crowd. In it he evoked the name of Chuchill to compare him to Gerorge Bush. Just thought you'd like to know how Chrchill's name is being used to somehow make Bush seem like a great man.

You can find the speech in this thread.

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-elpoliticsto/?msg=3828.2

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Registered: 08-21-2004
Tue, 08-31-2004 - 2:36pm
I was actually very dissappointed in the whole evening...first, the Republicans tried to make 9/11 theirs, and such putrid use for political gain of such a tragedy is unforgivable. Additional, during an entire day, none of the other issues that are of so much importance to the citizens of America were even touched upon, let alone thoughtfully discussed or spoken about.

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