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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jus offering an alternative to tonight’s
Mistake of the Union Address.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>Moscow</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=navy
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different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Bobby Muller,
Alliance for Security [mailto:info@allianceforsecurity.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 02, 2005
2:32 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> thansen@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Before the State of the <st1:place
w:st="on">Union</st1:place>...</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear
Friend,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tonight
many of you will be watching President Bush's State of the Union address,
keenly listening for a description of his plans for US operations in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region> now that
elections have taken place. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I, too,
am very interested in what he has to say but also, like you, have my own ideas
about what should happen next. I will be on PBS's Newshour with Jim Lehrer
tonight discussing what I think the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>
should do in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>
now. Check your local listings for the showtime here:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://click.allianceforsecurity.org/t?ctl=B58263:3022826">http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please
watch the Newshour and join the discussion on our blog, <em><i><font
face="Times New Roman"><a
href="http://click.allianceforsecurity.org/t?ctl=B58264:3022826">This Is Rumor
Control</a></font></i></em>, about what the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
should do in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As I have
said before, I can't help having the eerie feeling that we have been here
before. Take a look at this headline from the <em><i><font
face="Times New Roman">New York Times</font></i></em> in 1967: "<strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">U.S. ENCOURAGED BY VIETNAM VOTE</font></b></strong>: Officials
Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror." You only need to substitute <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region> for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Vietnam</st1:place></st1:country-region> in the rest of the article
(<a href="http://click.allianceforsecurity.org/t?ctl=B58262:3022826">found here</a>)
to really see how we have already been down this road and have failed to learn
the lessons from the past. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I hope
that you will encourage your friends and family to watch the Newshour and join
our online discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://click.allianceforsecurity.org/t?ctl=B58261:3022826">http://whatcounts.com/bin/ftaf?id=6C446B1725FA86C12BF5A8912FF3FFFC</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It is
still vital that we continue what we started last fall and keep asking the hard
questions about US actions in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and around the world. An open discussion of ideas is the foundation of our democracy
and I thank you for helping me keep that alive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sincerely,<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bobby <br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place> for
Security <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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