From: George Sherwood 

On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:37:58 +0000, Phil Payne wrote:

>> Believe me, I know exactly what and who you would believe.  Any one
>> speaking against the US.
>
> Close.  Very close.
>
> The Bush administration pretty much controls the diplomatic voice of the USA
> and its international actions.  And I have never seen such a duplicitous and
> corrupt government in my lifetime.
>
> Not only were _ALL_ of the arguments used to justify attacking Iraq
> completely specious, but I said they were at the time.
>
> I am truly ashamed also of my own government.  Two million of us marched
> against attacking Iraq on a workday - had it been a weekend day it might
> have been five million.
>
> And it's not a "war" - Iraq had no way of defending itself,
posed no threat
> whatever to the USA and had no local territorial aims.

Nice story, but you were just as critical during the initial portions of
the war in Afghanistan and of the fighting there.  Your Saddam as a hero
thing is just all part of that.

George

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