I kind of like Will & Grace, but more for the humor, than the characters sexual preference.

Remember that we came from the Puritans, and now the country is being run by a bunch of "born agains" who use the gay marriage topic to stir everyone up. Every one talks about it because the Republican right has made it an issue. I think most Americans are against gay marriage because they are homophobes, but on the other hand when it comes to trends, it seems that gay subjects in the media are chic, like Will & Grace and Queer Eye.

Now the war. If we are for freedom from despots, and against weapons of mass destruction, then why didn't we go into North Korea first? Why don't we go to Nigeria and some of the other corrupt dictatorships in Africa. Why didn't we invade Darfor with the same vengeance that we went into Iraq with? Because none of these contries leaders threatened Bush the First, and they don't have any oil.

I must say that despite being dead against our foreign policies, and that I am embarassed to admit that I am an American when I travel in Europe, that the elections in Iraq have seemed to bring some hope to the people of Iraq, and that maybe there is a future of democracy in Iraq, which can not be all bad. Do I agree with the means that we attained this goal - absolutely not! Bush has put our long term stability in the world in jeopardy because of the cost of this war and reconstruction, besides that he stepped on Iraq's sovereignty with his unilateral war. Iraq has become a meeting place for every desperate Moslem that thinks the best action is to blow themselves up to become a martyr.

Maybe if went to the mideast with a bit of humility and asked how we could help out, rather than invading independant countries and blindly backing Israel, no matter what they want to do, we could get a little popular support from the people of the mideast rather than their hate. The suicide bombers act out of desparation because they see no hope. Maybe if we showed them that we are there to help, rather than to invade, things would be different.

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Doug

1987 300TD x 3
2005 E320CDI