Don't get me wrong, I feel we need to do something about Iraq but, not under
the premise of taking out a world leader we disagree with and toppling a
regime.  That should not have been so public an aim.  With the logic we are
using now we should also go after North Korea, Pakistan and India, Sudan,
Somalia, Georgia, Kazakstan, and many other countries.  Heck, with the logic
G.W is using we should have invaded the USSR during the Cold War because of
the threat they posed.
Politically, and yes, the politics matter we should have stuck to the story
of forcing inspectors down their throats with an ultimatum of no inspectors,
then invasion.

Beth T. the OT




-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Barber, Kenneth L.
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:25 PM
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Subject: Re: CNN Breaking News (fwd)


Oh but how many body bags might have to be used if say atlanta's water
supply was poisoned with a biological agent? I think a few people have the
perspective that body bags are going to be used. It is a matter of where.

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth H. Thiers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:22 AM
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Subject: Re: CNN Breaking News (fwd)

We have some local ex-congressmen who do political commentary for the local
PBS station, one liberal, one more conservative.  I like listening to them
because they can go beyond the retoric, analyze the situation and while I
may not always agree, I come away with a new perspective on the issue.
That said one of them said that the polls were asking the wrong question.
The polls should have been asking do you agree to having 10-15,000 body bags
coming back home.
I personally think Cheney has a bug up his butt about the whole thing.  He
was Secretary of Defense at the time of the Gulf War.

Beth T. the OT
Gulf War vet