Thanks, Kate, for pointing that out. Right after 9/11, one of the first thoughts from Cheney was "Great. Now we can finally go after Iraq."
I didn't know you could read minds. Yes. People everywhere were in deep mourning, and Cheney and Rumsfeld were focused on finally getting what they want. How do you KNOW what their focus was on? Is it any wonder I do not trust their motives? No, I don't wonder since you seem to be able to read minds, and know things that others don't. Osama is a very smart man. Yes he is, and why wouldn't he side with one less 'moral' than himself for the good of his cause? He releases a tape in which he obliquely refers to Saddam, and the US government doesn't try to hold back this tape as it has others (out of a concern it's sending coded messages to sleeper cells) This I am interested in, what tapes have been with held? Where can I read this? Last I knew of the tapes where released after the government agencies looked for coded messages. I would much prefer that Osama be sought and brought to justice (not murdered outright because then he's a martyr, although I have a feeling he'll arrange that somehow anyway), that Afghanistan be made safe and rebuilt, and that US citizens be protected. Ok, just for arguments sake, let's say he is in Iraq, then what do we do? Ask him to come out? Ask Saddam to send him over? What? It's appalling that the frontline protectors in this country (police, firemen, healthcare workers) have not been given the money yet by Congress to get the equipment and training needed to protect US citizens!!! And yet we're being set up as targets for retaliation!!! Something's very very wrong with that picture. Now I agree with this. The problem is that the police aren't trusted or respected. After 9/11 I called my brother-in-law who was a police man (he's retired now) and ask him how it felt to be a cop, and respected. He said it felt damn good. THEN I could tolerate (and possibly even trust) the claims being made about Iraq. Debra Shea I doubt it. KaseyGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
