Ken, This is the wrong place for political opinions. But since you fired first, here's my response to one of my Son's emails.... Joey, Yes, I voted for this guy and I support his decision. Let me explain why: In all recent wars, the occupational forces had to stay for years to turn the country around. After WW2, it took 10 years to turn Germany into a well behaved neighbor country. The first 2 years were filled with insurgents, not unlike what's going on in Iraq. They didn't car bomb but they did fight and they did kill Americans. Communists were very active in Germany, so were Russian spies & activists and thanks mostly to the US, neither took control of the country. After WW2, it also took 10 years to turn Japan into a well behaved neighbor country. They didn't fight back like the Germans, only because the occupation forces were smart enough to keep the Japanese Emperor "under their thumb". Korea is another story. The North stays North only because we are there! And don't even ask me about Vietnam. We were winning until Congress cut funding & gave the war away! Also, look at the first Gulf war - we stopped short of a full invasion. And look what happened 10 years later. You were there. What keeps another "Sadam" from rising to power if we leave now? So, I ask you: What would have happened if this country had pulled out of Germany and Japan 2 years after the WW2 had ended? What would have happened if this country had pulled out of Korea 2 years after the cease fire was signed???????? I'll tell you what would have happened. We would be living in a very different world today! Why would we expect anything different in Iraq? What would happen in Iraq if we left this year? Next year? The following year? Our job is to put a Democratic government and a Capitalist economy in place in Iraq. This process will take 5 years, minimum. The real issue is that main stream media is influencing public opinion. You and I both know that they don't report the whole story. Dad Tom Hargrave 256-656-1924 www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: Hargrave LCpl Joseph B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 7:26 PM To: Tom Hargrave (E-mail) Subject: FORT BRAGG, N.C. - President Bush on Tuesday rejected calls for a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq or sending more troops and acknowledged that some Americans are questioning the war's painful costs. "Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it," Bush told a nation increasingly doubtful about the toll of the 27-month-old war. Bush spoke in an evening address from an Army base that has 9,300 troops in Iraq. and you voted for this guy Thanks, Tom Hargrave 256-656-1924 www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Re: Government is on a rampage That's an old gimmick. If you say something often enough then someone will start to believe it. Nobody likes Bush. Yet, he gets elected. Nobody likes his policies, yet we benefit and elect more Republicans. If the Dems keep saying it, maybe it will become "common" knowledge, just like him not showing up for National Guard duty, and not getting good grades in college. Eventually the truth leaks out. Ken In a message dated 6/29/2005 7:27:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: TimothyPilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Government is on a rampage [Downsizer Dispatch] To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
The far right dislikes Bush? That's news to me. Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 6/29/05, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's interesting how both the far left *and* the far right are finding > they have a dislike for the Bush administration in common.
