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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-04 11:00 AM
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77. Ask yourself..
If you were a US Senator and the president told you face to face that he would involve the UN and allow the UN to inspect for weapons and then rely on that UN report as the basis for action, and then he told you that his invasion would be the last resort, what would you say?

What would you do if you also knew that you would soon be running for the president of the US, knowing that 80% of the American people thought the country in question was responsible for 9/11, and if you didn't support the president that 80% would be told that you support the terrorists?

Ask yourself how, if you wanted to be president, how would it look if you yourself didn't support the current president against the majority's perceived terrorist threat, how would it look once you were the president?

That's the reality of the situation. Political reality, and we are dealing in political realities, not utopia- where the truth is all.

Voting for IWR was a utopian mistake but it was a smart political move.

Thanks and have a nice day....
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