From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Mark"  wrote in message
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> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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>>I feel that you're painting with a brush that only paints the world
>> the way you want it to be (based on your biaess), ignoring any
>> evidence to the contrary.
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> Not at all, I freely acknowledge that *some* Muslims think we want to kill
> them all, some hate us even though they themselves are not terrorists,
> etc. What I take issue with, is Bob's relating some of those stories he's
> seen that reflect those emotions and equating them to the entire Muslim
> population as if they're a monolithic block.
>
> I agree too, that our policy of spreading liberty and freedom is not going
> to be easy - but it's more palatable than the alternative
"sabbatical" we
> were on before Bush changed the dynamic. The smartest liberal response
> I've seen to today's inaugaral address was not the usual "let's be
> obstructionist because he's Bush" mantra, but one that said, paraphrasing,
> "great let's get on board, i.e. let's hold his feet to the fire and get it
> done." His is a voice in the liberal wilderness though, I'm sure.
>

Mark

I don't know of any liberals who are against freedom and democracy. Some of
us do believe that the use of force, where needed, should be very limited
and targeted towards the appropriate people. As far as your sabbatical
comment well if the republicans had not been playing lets f*& the
democrats and Clinton anyway we can we may have had more progress.

Bob Lewis

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