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There is no way he should be the President of the United States.

p>If America votes for Huckabee, I am not participating in the general election. America can have the punishment they deserve of getting Hillary for president if they support a Bigot during the GOP primary. br> -- Brian C. Brooker /p> p> RAISON D'ETAT br> Re: Michael Tobias's letter (under "Artificial Intelligence") in Reader Mail's Data Points and Laurie Mylroie's Unintelligence : /p>

I must concur with Mr. Michael Tobias's remarks concerning Laurie Mylorie's "Unintelligence" article. His restatement of the historical and political facts regarding Gulf Wars I and II was clear and concise, yet accurate in its assessments. I have often thought these things myself. I found it unbelievable that anyone could question the need to attack Iraq, given the fact that we were already being attacked by them repeatedly during our no-fly-zone operations for ten years. Further, I could never agree with the effort to seek the approval of the feckless UN either, regardless of what our shaky coalition allies claimed, given their record of absolute worthlessness in these endeavors.

After reading his comments, though, it struck me that this simple understanding should have been given full-throated expression by Bush and his administration during the past six years and driven home repeatedly to the American people. Tragically, however, Bush has acted like he's had marbles-in-his-mouth, and his chosen cronies have acted like they've had bats-in-their-belfries. These characters have failed miserably in explaining the facts that any discerning individual, such as Mr. Tobias, could plainly see. Instead, the Bush gang has allowed the mendacity and distortions of the MSM and the Democrats to prevail in the ensuing propaganda wars. I believe this communications failure on the part of the Bush administration explains the phenomenon we have seen where half the people in this country have sided with our enemies throughout an on-going shooting war.

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