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[Carsman]

OK missey, now that I've got your attention, your last sentence reiterates my comment, yes?

No. I didn't say I'd look at it differently, I said I might look at it more closely. I understand what Cracker is saying about leaving the foreign affairs to others but if my kid was there putting his/her life on the line...I think I'd want to thoroughly understand the cause they were fighting for besides knowing that they're fighting for all of us.

Meh, who knows?

And don't even think about saying "who knows" reiterates your last statement.

Your exact comment in post 47: I don't support a hasty withdrawal.

And I said if your son or daughter was there, you might look at it differently.

If you did, wouldn't you want them to come home before they had an arm or leg blown off by those fuckin IED's, or worse in body bag. It had nothing to do with whether you support our troops or not!

As for political skulduggery, nothing can be put past politicians. It has been said that another possible reason other then for oil that GWB invaded Iraq was:

Did Saddam Try to Kill Bush Sr.?
Saturday October 23, 2004
Whenever discussing how awful Saddam Hussein is (something few if any people disagree with), George W. Bush has included the charge that Hussein tried to assassinate George H.W. Bush, former president and father of the George W. Some have even speculated that this played a role in his decision to invade Iraq. But is the charge true? Maybe....