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To: Redleg Duke
I don't think that the attack against Iraq should be postponed until we have total security here. I am disappointed that there is not more urgency in protecting the public though. Part of the neglect we see here is the fact that we haven't had a war on our soil during the lifetime of our population.

This is also a different war. Sadaam is evil but this probably makes him a harder opponent than he should be. His defenses cannot repel our military forces and he knows this. His alternative is the same route we are taking. Play a hell of an offense and hope this offsets the lack of defense.

I hope I am wrong, but I am very suspicious that we have more terrorists here than we realize. If not, there soon will be. When Sadaam can hire a suicide bomber for $10,000 against Israel he can do the same against us.

One terrorist coming across the border with 50 pounds of C-4 in his backpack and we do not keep him out can spell a lot of deaths. We do not have to give up on confronting Sadaam and Iraq but we sure could do something about our security here.

We have enough national guard to make the borders air tight if we have the will to do this. If there are so many already here, then we better start cleaning them out of our population. We don't have to sit here and do nothing to protect ourselves.

23 posted on 08/20/2002 4:29:15 AM PDT by meenie
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To: meenie
Bush and his team of planners, do not fear attacks by moles within our borders. They have access to vaccinations, antibiotics and safe rooms. When the average Joe dies from Anthrax or Smallpox, they will use the event to decry terrorism, jack up the war effort, and not change a thing. It has been a year since the towers fell, the homeland is not measurably more secure, the borders are not checkpoints for the enemy, and the people that deserve protection, are but easy targets for the followers of Allah. Hack is right, the first move should have been to secure the home base, ready America for attacks, close borders and expel non-citizens/illegals. It seems our defense industry, is in place to defend everything but our countries borders.
24 posted on 08/20/2002 5:03:55 AM PDT by jeremiah
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