[Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 564, Issue 1

[P&M Beals]

Thank you. It's sad (the reminders of 911) to see the truth stated, but I
think you have made a powerful, clear argument.  With your permission I am
sending a copy of it to my relations some of whom lean toward Bush out in
Az., Wa., Fl. and elsewhere- maybe it will do some good, and help a few
people to wake up.

How does anyone feel confidence in George W Bush?  I don't get it!

Phyllis 
Whisper 
New Jersey

> From: Loumoore at aol.com
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> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:28:46 EDT
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 564, Issue 1
> 
> Ok I can't resist a few political comments, especially for my friends in
> swing states who did not experience the blow of 9/11 directly.
> 
> President Bush declared today that Senator Kerry still has not grasped the
> signifance of the war in Iraq as a campaign against terror.  Bush insists that
> in fighting the war in Iraq we are actually fighting terrorists on the front
> lines who have come to that country to wage war on our troups.  I am confused.
> 
> Is the president now suggesting that it is a positive development that Iraq
> has become a breeding ground and magnet for terrorists?
> 
> I also read today that nearly 400 tons of extremely dangerous and powerful
> explosives that should have been guarded have vanished.  It seems that in the
> "new Iraq" terrorists go in and dangerous weapons go out through unmonitored
> borders
> 
> Meanwhile recent reports indicate that Saudi Arabian citizens continue to
> supply the insurgency in Iraq with funds.
> 
> Three weeks before I was married I saw the Towers burn and collaspe from near
> my home town.  My best friend just made it out of the World Financial Center
> before the South Tower came down.  My wife's best friend lost her cousin in
> the North Tower.  The children of two close friends have served or are serving
> in Iraq.  Almost everyone I know has been directly affected by 9/11.  If you
> did not see the aftermath in NYC firsthand, you only grasped 1 percent of the
> blow it had on the people living here.  I will never forget it.
> 
> Here is my point:
> 
> If Bush's leadership on terrorism and national security has inspired so much
> confidence, why are New Yorkers and New Jerseyans, the two states hit hardest
> by the terrorists, decisively rejecting his flawed leadership?
> 
> I guess if I lived in Norman, Oklahoma, I would feel confident about the
> president's ability to lead and protect the nation from the enemy.  Fifteen
> miles 
> away from ground zero, I have absolutely zero confidence in Bush's ability to
> protect my country and my family and bring justice to our enemies.
> 
> As a proud member of a navy family, I will vote with great enthusiasm for
> John Kerry.
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