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To: agincourt1415

I had read at one time (I thought) that Lance did not support the War in Iraq. Althought he sounded a little more same and tolerant of those who disagreed with him.


52 posted on 02/18/2006 2:43:52 PM PST by feedback doctor (Socialism, the opiate of liberals)
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To: feedback doctor
Two of Lance Armstrong's comments on the war in Iraq:

1) in an interview with a French paper after winning the last Tour:

Armstrong, a member of the President's Cancer Panel since 2002, says "we have the smartest people in the world" working on cures, so his role is to get the funds to keep that research alive.

"Funding is tough to come by these days," he says. "The biggest downside to a war in Iraq is what you could do with that money. What does a war in Iraq cost a week? A billion? Maybe a billion a day? The budget for the National Cancer Institute is four billion. That has to change. It needs to become a priority again. 2) Wikepedia:

Armstrong was quoted by The Times in 2004 about his views on Iraq: "I don't like what the war has done to our country, to our economy. My kids will be paying for this war for some time to come. George Bush is a friend of mine and just as I say it to you, I'd say to him, 'Mr President, I'm not sure this war was such a good idea', and the good thing about him is he could take that."

116 posted on 02/18/2006 5:04:38 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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