At 10:38 PM 5/31/2003 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> 2) What is wrong with that strategy? It seems to me we are finally doing >> what >> is necessary to make the world a better place to live in, even if, >> especially >> if, you are a middle eastern Muslim. War is never the best way to solve >> anything. I do not believe I am mistaken when I say that I think we tried >> all >> the better ways. If not, I sure would like to hear what they are. >> > >Then why not admit it? Why not tell the truth? Why not just come right out >and say that's what they were doing? They were going to be castigated by much of >the rest of the world anyway - so why not simply be honest and tell the truth >right from the start?
Because we are a republic, and the reasons that were most important to them may not have been the reasons that would have resounded the loudest with the electorate and their elected representaties. JDG _______________________________________________________ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l