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Date Posted: 22:31:22 04/09/03 Wed
Author: Matthew
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Subject: Dissent is un-patriotic

[> [> [> [> [> [> It is also obvious, based on your comment about Collin Powell's testimony, that you choose to devalue the information he presented. That definitely reveals your bias against Powell, the Bush administration, and the United States and your favoritism for Blix, the UN Inspectors, the UN Security Council members opposing action against Saddam, and your favoritism of Saddam himself. Powell offered legitimate evidence against Saddam and Iraq and you and others chose to discount it as was done during the build up of Nazism and the German war machine in the 1930s. History is repeating itself again. -- William, 15:18:17 03/09/03 Sun (cache-dq01.proxy.aol.com/205.188.209.133)

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Uh huh.....number one: it is interesting to see that you think that any question of our nation's leadership, especially that of our 'commander-in-cheif' is un-patriotic and anti-American. Did Chris question the moral fabric of our entire country? No. Did he say he hates everything American? Apple pie? Baseball? No. Did he say he was happy that 9-11 happened. No. And yet you don't hesistate to call him an ally of evil by saying he supports Osama. All he did was question about wheter our not this country, 'of the people, by the people, for the people', was really doing what is in our best interests. Liberating Afganistan was in our interests, as well as those os others. But how about now? I'm not so sure anymore. Our country was founded by descent. The Boston tea party was seen as a 'terrorist act' by the British crown, and there weren't even any lives lost. Dissent is not only not un-patriotic, its what formed our nation. Would you prefer to be living under a British royal crown?

Number two: Where were we in 1939 anyway? We were profiting off of the deaths of others by selling weapons to the desperate Europeans caught under Hitler's jackboot. We knew there was trouble, but we didn't want to get involved. We were looking out for our own interests. Not until Dec. 7 1941 did we do anything...all it took was an attack against us at Pearl Harbor

I think that Bush was way to reckless when trying to gain support for the action in Iraq from the U.N. They didn't immedietly click their heels together and say 'yes sir Mr. President', and instead opted to take a small amount of time to try and do things right. We could have hade support from the entire world. Instead he dismissed the authority of the U.N., which is the best chance this world has at getting along with itself, and he may have well said "screw you guys, your totally wrong, we are totally right, and we are going to do what ever the hell we feel like, 'cause we are better than you"
And even if America is the best country in the world, and I always believed that it was, you just don't go saying those things...ESPECIALLY when you are the Superpower that everyone looks to for support and guidance. Now the administration has succeeded in pissing of more than half of the world, and they don't seem to care, because 'we are more important than you'. Would you appreciate that kind of talk directed at you?

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