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Skriven 2008-03-02 22:45:28 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
  Kommentar till text 11751 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
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Hello Roy,

On Sunday March 02 2008 10:44, you wrote to me:

 RW>>> Wrong. Bush will see to it that Guantanamo will be a non-issue
 RW>>> before the election in November. Most of the detainees have been
 RW>>> released and only the very core of terrorists are left. They're
 RW>>> scheduled for prosecution soon.

 MvdV>> I will believe that when I see it.

 RW> You should be paying more attention to FoxNews, then you would already
 RW> know this.

What did I miss? Is the Gitmo Hotel closed down? Are the suspects being tried
in a proper court of law?

 MvdV>> True. But if they are sensible they will worry about the
 MvdV>> support the US will get from the rest of the world. They are
 MvdV>> not powerfull enough to go it alone any more...

 RW> Don't kid yourself. America won't fail the Iraqi' nor the Afghani'
 RW> freedom fight as long as there's a penny left to do it with.

Sooner or later we will see a repeat of what happened in Vietnam. One can not
win a guerrilla war against an enemy fighting on its won territory. When will
they finally learn that lesson?

 RW>>> Yes, but Obama's change isn't what we want.

 MvdV>> Then why is he so popular?

 RW> Ever here the fairy tale about the Pied Piper? All Obama has is a big
 RW> mouth with no substance coming from it and very little world
 RW> leadership experience to do anything.

No argument here, but it is not an answer to my question? Why is he so popular
if Obama's change is not the change people want? why is he doing so well?

 RW> When he's asked what his plans are for America's future, all he can
 RW> say is 'change'

I am not impressed by that. But then I do not votem so my opinion does not
count.

 RW> ...I'll admit that Americans are war weary and want change.

So it seems...

 RW> However, they've lost the perspective of what would happen if we leave
 RW> Iraq unfinished.

There is no way to properly finish it.

 RW> We'll be like Europe and have terrorists bombing our public buildings
 RW> and subways.

Should have thought of that before the illegal invasion of Iraq.

 MvdV>>>> Will he be a good president? I really do not know.

 MvdV>> Naybe fresh blood it what is needed....

 RW> His would be like putting a 1st year med student in charge of the
 RW> emergency room. No experience, nobody gets out alive.

we will see.

 RW>>> Ronald Reagan was 70 when elected to his first term and wasn't
 RW>>> diagnosed with alzheimers until 5 years after he left office.

 MvdV>> Officially....

 RW> Everything else said about it is strictly rumor.

I saw his performances on TV. During his last year his detoriation was all too
obvious.


Cheers, Michiel

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