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klg
response 95 of 101: Mark Unseen   Dec 7 03:30 UTC 2003

(A new term used by those with a pathological hatred of the current 
president?)

re:  "#89 (gull)  The portion that actually made sense.  The other 
justification the President gave was "he's an evil man," which while 
true is also true of the leaders of any number of other countries -- 
some of which are our allies.  That makes the decision to invade Iraq 
look pretty arbitrary."

Ah, yes.  It is o.k. for President Clinton to send Gen. Weasley Clark 
to protect the Albanians in Kosovo from Milosovec, but, of course, a 
Republican president can't do the same in Iraq.  
scott
response 96 of 101: Mark Unseen   Dec 7 14:58 UTC 2003

Refresh our memory, klg... when did Clinton send hundreds of thousands of
troops into Albania?  When did Clinton make false WMD claims agains Milosovec?
keesan
response 97 of 101: Mark Unseen   Dec 7 15:10 UTC 2003

Milosevic, with a little v over the s and a short ' over the c.
Czech names end in -ec, not Serbian ones.
klg
response 98 of 101: Mark Unseen   Dec 7 22:31 UTC 2003

(we beg your pardon)
gull
response 99 of 101: Mark Unseen   Dec 9 15:24 UTC 2003

Here's an interesting poll taken by the Program on International Policy
Attitudes, Nov. 21-30:
http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Iraq/qnnaire_12_03.pdf

Some highlights:

- 55% think going to war with Iraq was the right decision.  41% think it
was the wrong decision.  They also show results from the past six
months, and the gap has been narrowing.

- 75% think the most important thing for the U.S. to do as part of a war
on terrorism is to capture Osama Bin Laden and break up al-Qaeda.  Only
21% think the most important thing is to capture Saddam Hussein and
establish democracy in Iraq.

- 71% think the UN should take the lead in building a democratic
government in Iraq.  26% think the US should take the lead.

- 56% don't think the war with Iraq will result in greater peace and
stability in the Middle East.  39% think it will.  This just about
reverses the percentages from a 5/03 poll.

- Bush is trailing an unnamed Democratic nominee by six points in the
"if the election were held today" question.

There are a lot of other interesting tidbits in the full document,
including some comparisons between U.S. and world opinion.

klg
response 100 of 101: Mark Unseen   Dec 9 17:17 UTC 2003

re:  "- Bush is trailing an unnamed Democratic nominee by six points in 
the "if the election were held today" question."

Which is just slightly more than the nearly 4% margin of error.  An 10% 
did not respond.
gull
response 101 of 101: Mark Unseen   Dec 9 19:42 UTC 2003

Yup.  But he used to have a clear lead.
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