I indeed have compassion for those who were murdered in the twin towers. The attack on Iraq is in no way associated with
that horrible attack. I totally supported dubya in the Afghanistan offensive and I still do, but then he went into some
sort of all powerful flip and diverted those resources into Iraq. We almost had full UN support to go into Iraq with the
full support of the world, but he jumped the gun so to speak and I don't think it was right. We are paying the
consequences of that decision with still more human lives.

Lincoln said it best; "You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you
cannot fool all of the people all of the time."

The horror of the attack on the twin towers will be with us for the rest of our lives. The civilized world needs to
teach the less 'enlightened' parts of the world what good looks like. The problem is the perception that we are
conquerors on a crusade. We need to change that perception...


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Dan D.
http://www.ameritech.net/users/ddevillers/start.html


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"Rich S." wrote in message ...
"Blueskies" wrote in message
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Intelligence is figuring out how not to kill someone.

I started to reply by asking what your solution might be. I erased the
question.

My brothers and sisters in those two towers had to choose between the flames
and the long, slow, terrifying plunge to the concrete below. My fellow
workers (I am a retired firefighter) climbed those stairs in the knowledge
that they might - no - probably would die trying to save the innocent.

I am sick and tired of appeasement. "Not killing someone" is long past. The
enemies of civilization do not fit your definition of intelligence. They are
vicious animals. If we wish to survive, we must eliminate the threat.

Have you no compassion for those who were murdered?

I pity your ignorance.

Rich S.