You posted at the dead thread,,,
colin
Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2001
Location: London, UK
Posts: 228
A-1,
I did not reply earlier because I felt that there was an element of hysteria in the posts both by you and by Paolo. I enjoy the archive and did not want to run the risk that I would get myself banned.
From past arguments in which you have been involved I am pretty sure that a lot of your more extreme opinions are expressed to provoke a response and may be, shall we say, a little more forceful than you truly believe.
I have no doubt that you are an American Patriot and sincerely believe in the US, in the same way that I am intensely proud of my own country. We may no longer be the great power that we once were, but we have done many things of which we can be justly proud. Of course, we have also done a lot of things about which we should be ashamed.
The hurt which Americans feel over 9/11 is genuinely shared by people all over the world. The fear is that President Bush may attempt to use that fear to involve the US and others in ill thought out action. As you say, if Bush mounted an action against Iraq he would gain a lot of support in America. At least until the body bags started to arrive. The fear is that at that point the US will pull out leaving any allies high and dry.
Finally, I should apologize. I should never have described your statements as 'utter crap'. Crap maybe, but utter crap? No!
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Colin
No apology was necessary, but in the interest of fair play, I apologize for all of MY offenses, both real and imaginary...
Sorry for (REAL + i) = all possibilities.
It is just that sometimes I feel like a nut and sometimes I don't.
Instead, I feel crappy...
Back to the subject, however....
Looks like on the latest news that George W. isn't up to play the shell game with Saddam...well, I had already supposed that was how it would be...
A-1 
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