<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Don, et al,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Thank you for your post.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>We have two opinions being examined.
Both from Michaels.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>One backs his up with actual though
selected video and facts. The other backs his opinions up with, well,
more of his opinions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Iraq did not attack us. Japan
did. Further, it appears that Iraq was in no position to attack us, even
if they desired to do so. Hence, patriotism is really not an issue.
It is not a case of my country, right or wrong (or mostly right as in the case
of WWII). It is a case of my country, thank you for the right to ask
questions and dissent before and when things go awry.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>We were defrauded into a war by the sitting
president's tales of WMD's, Iraq-Al Kada collaboration, etc. A dull sheep,
let alone a president and his allegedly intelligent advisers (and
congress-persons), should have had enough brains to question the quality
and sources of the intelligence that put us in this pickle. (Oh, I
forgot. Bush went to Yale on a "legacy" admission.) I do not agree
with either Bush or Kerry that without an eminent threat to our or world
security or a humanitarian crises of mammoth order, we are justified in going to
war particularly before diplomatic options are fully attempted and no fruit has
ripened. The real cost of war in terms of human suffering and human
brutalization/desensitization is so egregiously, terrifyingly high.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>While we try to fix a mess we have created
in Iraq -- a mess likely to continue for years with far more innocents
dying than if Saddam were in power (latest news: Iraq government
[installed by us] may fail) -- over a <STRONG>million African
people</STRONG> <STRONG>may die</STRONG> at the hands of Arab/Muslims insurgents
in the Sudan. Why have we been so slow to even discuss some sort of
intervention? Wouldn't an invasion to alleviate the suffering and
displacement of Africans for humanitarian reasons be far more easier to justify
than our invasion of a cruel but hapless Iraq? (Oh, I forgot. Oil
has yet to be discovered in the Sudan and the oppressed/slaughtered are only a
bunch of African Native Savages. Pardon me, how could I be so stupid and
narrow minded.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>The most revealing and undeniable moments
of Michael Moore's film are the minutes that elapsed after the
president was first informed that the events of 9/11 had occurred -- he
continued nonchalantly to spew inane dribble at captive school children.
What was going on between those Dumbo-like ears during that 7 or so
minutes? This interlude of 7 or so minutes alone convinces me that Bush is
unfit to lead our country.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>[To V 2020ers that do not
know: Dan and I are friends, but with sometimes very differing
opinions. Despite his occasionally being vilified in these posts, he is a
very conscientious and loving parent, a thoughtful, reflective person, and
possesses a keen sense of humor.]</FONT></DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>
<DIV><BR>Wayne</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Art Deco (Wayne Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>