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I am forced to conclude that this blindness to destruction, to History, and the deafness to the threats that are uttered every day by mullahs all over the Muslim world is deliberate. These people must see this disengagement from reality as the quickest most effective way to power, and they must have committed themselves to it.

p>If they gain the power that they seek, tragedy will follow and it is a tragedy that could be prevented. br> -- Joseph Baum br> Garrettsville, Ohio /p>

What group of Americans do this collection of socialists, isolationists and world travelers think they represent?

So, John Edwards wants to see the world and chat with other foreign leaders? How nice. Equality and diversity are the "real American values" he desperately desires to communicate to a world he's sure is anxiously awaiting his arrival. Just how a message about squishy, politically correct concepts like these would improve our relationship with the rest of the world's nations is anybody's guess. From my vantage point, his remarks were nothing more than a sanctimonious bit of pontificating by an elitist snob. It sounded to me like he just wants to travel the world on the government's dime. Ms. Hillary stated she would immediately bring home our boys from the front if they were still fighting the terrorists in Iraq. What a brave statement! Why, I get teary-eyed just thinking about it. This response was obviously her attempt to patch some of the holes she poked in her own political boat with her previous comments about the war. Barack Obama wants to resurrect Hillary-care before she regains the political momentum she lost talking about the war and because he seems to think it would be easy to do. Yes, Obama, spending other people's money is easy, but that doesn't make it the right thing to do. Bill Richardson wants to increase spending on education because, as we all know, giving educrats more money is the only way to ensure that our children have self-esteem and know how to correctly apply a condom to a banana. Dennis Kucinich's space ship has yet to arrive on planet earth. His statements trying to meld his views on world peace, nuclear disarmament, isolationist trade policy and a not-for-profit health care system clearly are the remarks of someone who is a couple of cards short of a full deck. I want to thank Chris Dodd for pointing out that my constitutional rights needed to be restored. Did he tells us which ones went AWOL? I hate it when I lose something and not know what I lost.

p>One thing I did lose after watching this so-called debate was my sense that Democrats really care about the security of their own country and the people who live here. Do they really believe that they can placate people who have committed their lives to destroying our political and economic system by retreating from conflict? Do they not take seriously the words shouted in anger every day by fanatic leaders vowing to make good on their threats to annihilate us? Do they honestly believe that attacks like those on 9/11 will stop if we reach out to terrorists with an olive branch in hand? While I have many issues with George Bush and his prosecution of this war, he at least recognizes the danger we face. I'm not sure these Democrats believe the threat is serious enough to make it a priority. br> -- Rick Arand br> Lee's Summit, Missouri /p>

How is it that educated people either really don't get it, or choose to ignore the looming death and destruction that the terrorist are persistently plotting and attempting to make a reality? Do these Democrat candidates really not lay awake at night worrying about this?

The notion of "making nice" only allows foreign governments to take advantage of our mindless generosity but in the end it wins us no more respect or gratitude. I am sick and tired of appeasing bad behavior in a vain an attempt to show everyone that we are a good and just society.

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