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Submitted by Avram Kalisky (Spain), Oct 25, 2004 at 14:51

It is wrong to look at a candidate to run the United States and choose only one of his policies to hang your hat on.

That is what the choice and abortion sides do. That is what the lower tax people do. That is what the economy minded people do. And surely what someone´s policies toward Israel, that small country in the Middle East, is not what you should make your decision on.

Is it best for the United States that our president has declared war on terrorism and then invaded a country that had nothing to do with 11 September? Is it best that he does nothing about Iran and North Korea? Can the U. S. fight a war successfully if only 1000, or is it 1100 by now, feel the pain? That 100,000 families feel the discomfort and the rest of the country goes blithely along, ignoring the TV news and enjoying the comforts while others fight their ¨war¨?

There is no easy war. Vietnam should have shown us what a farce that is.

George Bush deserves no credit for the relative quiet in Israel and the ¨success¨in Iraq.

John Kerry will bring in men who in the Clinton era were more successful in achieving what should be the aims of the U. S.: Freedom for all in successful democratic countries.
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In the Mideast, Bush dared to be different [78 words]
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What a difference a label makes [155 words]Allen FinkelsteinDec 29, 2004 13:3619213
Too bad, they're just half measures. [253 words]PatOct 31, 2004 21:1018051
Double dare Bush to be really different [262 words]Cary LichtmanOct 28, 2004 17:1218020
Judenrein Palestinian state and the road map [55 words]elmer eisnerOct 26, 2004 00:1317920
Only on Paper [128 words]AvrahamOct 25, 2004 23:1717919
Correct choice [55 words]Patrick JamesOct 25, 2004 22:5317917
Terrorism requires Intelligence [176 words]John HalloffOct 25, 2004 20:1017916
Bush: Lesser of the 2 Evil Moderates [458 words]Rob JamesOct 25, 2004 18:1317915
The Underpinnings of Bush Ethics [116 words]JLOct 25, 2004 17:4317914
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The real purpose... [124 words]Steven BrewsterOct 25, 2004 17:2417912
What about the Saudi Arabia connection? [276 words]David HarariOct 25, 2004 16:5017911
Bush duplicity towards Israel cost many Israelis their lives [231 words]RonOct 25, 2004 15:4817910
Sitting in an arena of hate [367 words]Kenneth SikorskiOct 25, 2004 15:1217907
Bush? NO! [218 words]Avram KaliskyOct 25, 2004 14:5117906
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Bush is right But.... [131 words]Shahin ShadmerOct 25, 2004 13:4617902
I agree completely [25 words]Deek QuackenbushOct 25, 2004 13:4517901
This needs to be told! [97 words]Donna PaschalOct 25, 2004 13:0317900
Maligning Kerry [75 words]Stan FuttermanOct 25, 2004 12:4417899
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Part of the story [99 words]J. AlexanderOct 25, 2004 11:1217896
Continuing roil over terrorism [143 words]Beau PritchardOct 25, 2004 11:1017895
1Comments of an undecided moderate [104 words]Dan GendelOct 25, 2004 09:2517893
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Bush the moderate [95 words]Rob JamesOct 25, 2004 04:3017890
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I agree but... [279 words]Shlomo ben Avraham PinheroOct 24, 2004 23:5317884
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Excellent [87 words]Margaret YoungOct 24, 2004 22:3817882
Novel twist. [26 words]David SabghirOct 24, 2004 22:1317881
Excellent article! [204 words]Ann KilsdoonkOct 24, 2004 21:1717877
Connecting the dots [136 words]AnnaOct 24, 2004 21:1017876
Pres. Bush and the Mideast. [120 words]Jeanne ZangerOct 24, 2004 20:4917875
Bush is the "liberal" and Kerry the "conservative"? [112 words]Fred LapidesOct 24, 2004 20:2117873
Palestinian State? [155 words]Rosalee BrauerOct 24, 2004 20:0917872
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Perceptive [25 words]Lyn NofzigerOct 24, 2004 18:4417870

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