To IV-Mystic Dreamer

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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!

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Wed, 09-01-2004 - 5:12am
that was a very well-written speech. not too pleased about the comparison with Churchill (are they COMPLETELY mad?) but I imagine that the Statesiders wouldn't be too chuffed with the comparison with Lincoln. But seriously, anyone who thinks that Bush is in that sort of league needs professional assistance.
baby siggy
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Wed, 09-01-2004 - 7:40am
AMEN!!!
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Wed, 09-01-2004 - 7:42am
Everyone does NOT agree with you.
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Registered: 08-24-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 7:44am
Fly in the face OF THE UN? The day that this country has to seek approval or permission from the UN will be one of the worst days in our history. I don't give a fig what the UN thinks of my country.
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Registered: 08-24-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 7:46am
When were you last in Iraq to ask these Iraqis this question?
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Wed, 09-01-2004 - 7:48am
This post is a direct personal attack and should be DELETED.
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Wed, 09-01-2004 - 7:50am
This must be the special Thread for Mods from other Boards to Bash Bush.
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Wed, 09-01-2004 - 7:54am
John Kerry is a traitor. Try understanding what the SwiftBoat Vets are telling you.

http://swift1.he.net/~swiftvet/index.php?topic=Ads

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Registered: 08-31-2004
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 9:02am
Dipsy,

I have said a few times that I know almost nothing about John Kerry, and to be honest, whether or not he is a traitor to the US is fairly irrelevant to me. That's something for the American people to consider. My question is how will he treat the rest of the world.

As for the UN, i trust you are aware that it's an international group with the proclaimed aim of world harmony? The term 'Rogue State' has been applied by both our governments to various 'unpalatable' rulers and dictatorships around the world. But if America, or the UK come to that, is not answerable to the global community (represented by the UN), how is it different from any of those nations? Doesn't it then become simply the biggest bully in the playground?

baby siggy
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Registered: 04-04-2003
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 9:07am
Ahhhh yes, but there are many who aspire to be the biggest bully on the playground.

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