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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Ted, et al,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>If Kerry is using the tactic of
his support for the Iraq War as a political ruse, he is on risky
ground. His statement will certainly reduce the enthusiasm of some or many
of his supporters -- some my even vote for a third party candidate.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>If he really believes that the human
suffering and chaos wrought to Iraq is justified without WMDs, Al Kada
connections, etc., then I really must reassess my opinion of his reasoning
ability, integrity, and values.</FONT></DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"
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<DIV><BR>Wayne</DIV>
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<DIV>Art Deco (Wayne Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>Wayne et. al.<BR><BR>I wonder what the heck
is happening to people's memories, even John Kerry's? Hans Blix and
Scott Ritter, both critically involved in weapons inspections in Iraq, did not
think we needed to invade Iraq to contain Saddam. Why did we not give
inspections and more peaceful methods of containment more time? Why were
we led to believe that invasion was imperative, indeed, in the false
misleading manipulative words of W. Bush, that we faced a "mushroom cloud," a
nuclear strike originating from Iraq in the US, if we did not
invade!?<BR><BR>And as Wayne so accurately points out, if saving lives and the
humanitarian aim of deposing a dictator were the goals, why do we not show the
same approach to other areas of the world facing horrific brutality? Oil
resources of course come first to mind.<BR><BR>However, on the subject of
Kerry's support for war in Iraq, we should consider that he is shamelessly
playing politics to steal Bush's image of tough military patriotism. I
don't like it. In fact, I have never liked Kerry that much because he
was one of the Democrats who voted to authorize Bush to have authority to wage
war in Iraq.<BR><BR>But politics being what it is, as we all know, Kerry may
be playing the phony political game to the hilt.<BR><BR>Am I willing to accept
this game to gain the lesser of two evils? Beam we away, to the planet
where honesty wins elections, somewhere it must exist...<BR><BR>Ted
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