Subj : Why?
To   : Frank Reid
From : Sam Alexander
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 09:40 am

  Re: Why?
  By: Frank Reid to Mortifis on Mon Oct 03 2005 08:40 am

 >   Re: Why?
 >   By: Mortifis to All on Mon Oct 03 2005 02:36:00
 > 
 >  > Why do most of the threads I read in this base of late promote and declar
 >  > against humanity?  One would think that the single most powerful nation o
 >  > planet would be based not on advanced weaponry but on civility!  Many nat
 >  > of the past boasted "Anyone can have an army, but who of us have humanity
 >  > Those nations lastest the longest.
 > 
 > Because there are bad people in the world, Greg.  Americans have been very
 > fortunate to have been shielded from them.  Well, most Americans... and unti
 > 9/11, I guess.
 > 
 > I often dream of Utopia, too.
 > 

I couldn't agree with both of you more.  I've always said the only place 
that changed after 9/11 was the US because that crap happens everyday in 
most other parts of the world.  Until that day most Americans walked around 
wearing rose colored glasses, and they thought "it'll never happen here". 

I believe after 9/11 the US government grossly over reacted, from the 
signing of the Patriot Act to the Iraq war.  Bush wanted to do something, 
anything to make voters know he wasn't just sitting idle.  I think most 
actions taken after 9/11 were rushed and not thought out -- again Patriot 
Act being a prime example.

Most folks in Washington will agree that Saddam was not directly linked to 
Bin Laden, and the attack in Iraq wasn't justified for the reasons Bush 
gave.  I didn't like or trust the guy, even when he was my governor in 
Texas, but I think his saying he believed Saddam had WMD is true -- to an 
extent.  Saddam yielded to Bush's every want in trying to prove there were 
no WMD and Bush still invaded him.  Am I glad Saddam is out of power, sure I 
guess, but I think the reasons Bush gave to attach were bullcrap.

Just my thoughts on the events --

Sam

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