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To: AVNevis
Here's why I don't support this amendment: What if let's say someone had grown up in Iran and moved here at, say, the age of 25. They are now 55. However, even though they have been here for so long, my question is would they be able to be impartial to the nation they hail from. Would they be willing to bomb their mother country if nessesary, putting their friends and family at risk?

Would a Jew be able to bomb Israel if necessary? Would a Catholic be able to go to war with the Vatican? Would Michael Dukakis, son of Greek immigrants, have been able to take a hard line with Greece?

It's a good question: would an Iranian immigrant be able to effectively deal with Iran? It's a question that would certainly come up during the campaign, and I trust the voters to make the correct judgment.

45 posted on 11/21/2004 10:02:04 PM PST by Politicalities (http://www.politicalities.com)
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To: Politicalities
Would a Catholic be able to go to war with the Vatican?

Your analogy doesn't hold here. Look at the history of the Papal States. Plenty of Catholics have, for just and unjust reasons, resisted and even gone to war against the temporal interests of the Vatican.

71 posted on 11/22/2004 1:45:23 AM PST by Dumb_Ox (Ares does not spare the good, but the bad.)
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