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Thread #51974   Message #793810
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
30-Sep-02 - 12:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Discussion 2: Dissent = intelligence??
Subject: RE: BS: Discussion 2: Dissent = intelligence??
The issue is not who's smarter or more thoughtful, it's who's right and who's wrong. And the American majority has a piss-poor track record on that score. The same huge majority that supported the war in Vietnam in '65 had done an about-face by '70. How's the current majority going to feel if C-130's full of body-bags start flying back from the Mideast? The majority of today's adult population (18 to 45) only knows the carnage of Vietnam from History books and movies. The can't walk along The Wall and find the names of their high school classmates engraved there.

The only war the majority of younger American's have experienced was that cake walk back in '91. But, make no mistake about it, Sadam will not roll over again if the U.S. goes through with an invasion. The only reason he did not use chemical or bio weapons in '91 is that it would have resulted in the whole world demanding his ouster. Well, if his ouster is a foregone conclusion, what's going to stop him from using them this time? Nothing. Do this thing, Mr. Bush, and see how 21st Century Moms and Dads react to having their boy (or girl) come home in a box.

Bruce