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No Duh? Thanks for the little lesson....but you're preaching to the choir, my dear.
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If you’re the choir you’re off key and out of tune.
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So.....you would rather have the battlefield here? Now....that makes no sense.
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Let me get this straight. The Battlefield meaning the 10,000 terrorists in Iraq would come over here and kill Americans?!!!. So if we hadn’t invaded they would be in my back yard right now. How would they get over here, speedboat? Gondolas?
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Sounds like you tend to agree with their concerns. So what are you saying....that if we'd just stay home; not buy their oil; and not do business with any Arab nations all would be okay? The Islamic extremists would like us then???? Oh yeah....I forgot the biggest thing: we'd have to give up our support for and friendship with those terrible Jews.
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Sound like you’re sympathetic to the notion of the U.S overthrowing Democratic governments like the one that existed during the 1950s in Iran and replacing them with dictators we can control. Sounds like you enjoyed providing help and support to Saddam Hussein during the 1980’s when he was engaged in war with Iran. We were actually giving him reconnaissance support during the period when he gassed the Kurds. And we complained very little about his genocidal behavior until we decided to invade Iraq. I guess you like cozying up to the Saudis and being dependant on them for oil even as they support the Wahabis religious institutions that preach hatred of all things Western.
….And worse, you called the Jews terrible. Are you prejudiced against them?
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Originally Posted by JP5";p="
So what are you saying....that if we'd just stay home; not buy their oil; and not do business with any Arab nations all would be okay?
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I never said to not do business with any Arab nation. You dreamed that up in your fantasies
Actually relying LESS on Middle East oil from despotic regimes is a GREAT idea. Saudi Arabia contributes hundreds of millions for Madrasas and other organizations and institutions that spread hatred of America. But Bush buddies up with Saudi royalty. Hybrid and hydrogen vehicles would make a lot more sense to me. But U.S. auto companies aren’t in any hurry to transition to hybrid vehicles and Bush (with his oil back ground) is in no mood to push them. Instead of drilling for oil in Anwar (which keeps us dependant on fossil fuels and Middle East oil) the national policy should be to provide incentives for fuel-efficient hybrid type vehicles. And this should be done on a large scale and quickly.
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First of all, I'm not the leader. I'm but a mere citizen.
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OK I get it now. Because you are a “mere citizen” it is OK for you to express irresponsible and anti democratic sentiments. The fact is you have the right to say that people you disagree with should shut up. But your views if put into practice are repressive. My view is people have the right to speak out. Even a lying deceptive president, who backstabs American citizens, has the right to speak out. I just wish he could be tossed out.
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They seek to end this war by our people losing heart.....by intimidating us....and by winning the PR by making the world believe our military and country is corrupt and evil.
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You have so little faith and respect in the integrity of the American people. The American people aren’t loosing heart. They’re simply waking up to Bush’s propaganda. They are beginning to see how misguided his policies are. But because the American people are smarter than Bush it appears you don’t like it. .
And as for the rest of the world ,most of world was against this invasion before we invaded. It's true that Bush talks about the coalition of the willing, but that coalition consisted of countries who's populations were against the invastion by majorities. And the coalition partners are steadily dropping out.