Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<2tgpicF1uuvaqU28@uni-berlin.de>...
> John W. wrote:
> > Kevin Gowen wrote:
> > 
> >> John W. wrote:
> >>
> >>> Michael Cash wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 09:30:48 -0400, Kevin Gowen
> >>>> <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
> >>>> inscribed:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Michael Cash wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:49:54 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
> >>>>>> <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Michael Cash wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Why? Would you prefer I be one of the 70% of the American 
> >>>>>>>>> public who believes
> >>>>>>>>> Iraq had anything to do with 9/11?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I'd prefer that you join me in the 1% of the American public who
> >>>>>>>> recognizes that opinion polls have no strong relation to reality.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Do you mean that contrary to survey findings, many Americans do 
> >>>>>>> NOT believe in any
> >>>>>>> links, or simply that Iraq had nothing to do with the 9/11 
> >>>>>>> attacks and respondents
> >>>>>>> mistakenly believe in them?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I should have written that more clearly. I intended it in a general
> >>>>>> way, not specifically to the Iraq-911 connection (or lack thereof).
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The 9/11 Commission Report was quite clear on the Iraq-al Qaeda 
> >>>>> connection. Of course, that is not the same thing as an Iraq-911 
> >>>>> connection. The administration has never claimed an Iraq-911 
> >>>>> connection.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't care if there was one or not. Saddam needed his ass kicked
> >>>> just on general principles.
> >>>>
> >>> Lot's of people deserve a good ass whippin. Ain't a reason to go to war.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Don't you know that the Gulf War never ended?
> >>
> > Neither did the Korean War.
> 
> Yes, so if hostilities were to commence on the Korean peninsula, it 
> would be asinine to talk about either side "going to war".
> 
> Thank you for stating a fact that does not matter.
> 
Hope you don't mind my using your favorite argument technique.

John W.