> RayZentz AT aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > In a message dated 10/18/2004 10:47:11 AM Central Standard Time,
> > genegerue AT ruralize.com writes:
> >
> > ''This is why George W. Bush is so clear-eyed about Al Qaeda and the
> > Islamic fundamentalist enemy. He believes you have to kill them
> > all. They can't be persuaded, that they're extremists, driven by a
> > dark vision. He understands them, because he's just like them. . . .
> >
> > You know, this comment may be absolutely true. While I don't
> > necessarily believe it is so, assume for a minute that it is. Who
> > better to lead during a time of conflict against such extremists,
> > than another extremist. Four years later, our "extremist" will be
> > gone.
> >
> > Ray
Well, history shows us that crusades and crusaders don't win anything. AND,
history also shows us that crusades leave behind bankrupt countries.
So, perhaps we don't need/can't afford to have a "crusader" run the country
anymore into the ground that he already has.