Bob Ackley -> Jeff Smith wrote:
 BA> Replying to a message of Jeff Smith to BOB KLAHN:

 BK>>>  The fact that Saddam complied
 BK>>>  with all Bush's demands, up to the ultimatum, then Bush invaded
 BK>>>  anyway. The fact that Bush let OBL escape, as well as Mullah
 BK>>>  Omar.

 JS>>       Yup, Bush held the door open for OBL to slip out. If you think
 JS>> that Saddam complied then you bought into what he was trying to sell
 JS>> everyone. He wanted people to think that he was complying and I guess
 JS>> some people are still falling for it.

 BA> Even Hans Blix, the fellow who was in charge of those UN inspections and
 BA> was on the ground, in Iraq, at the time.

 BK>>>  The selling off of Iraqi property. The dismissal of Garner, who
 BK>>>  would have held elections in Iraq much sooner, which very likely
 BK>>> would have short circuited the insurgency. The adamant refusal  to
 BK>>> send enough manpower to do the job in Iraq.

 JS>>        I would have prefered that the coalition had finished the job
 JS>> in Iraq the last time we were there.

 BA> I would have too.  But hindsight is always 20/20.

 BA> [snip]

 JB>>>> What I want is folks to provide facts that Bush has caused
 JB>>>> harm to anyone here with his protection of this country.

 BK>>>  2500 dead American soldiers might count for something.

 JS>> The bravery of American and coalition soldiers comes to mind for me.

 BA> Note that the military, particularly the army, is hemorrhaging people, and
 BA> their recruiting is just barely keeping the numbers up.

This is a lie. Just last month they had record high recruiting numbers.
There are soldiers requesting second and third tours in Iraq.

Ed

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