Four Years ago Yesterday

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Originally Posted by marichiko

You are preaching to the choir, TW. I am in agreement with much of what you wrote. I didn't mean to be flippant, ...

And I did not take your comments to be flippant. I saw it as a point not properly explained AND an oppurtunity to raise a concept to the discussion level. I am amazed how many have forgotten when terrorism was not a normal part of the Middle East. I remember a picture of israel troops holding their guns up, and Palestinians putting flowers in those gun barrels. Yes, long before there was a Prime Minister Sharon and a Pres George Jr, there was a world that actually expected years of peace. Back then, anything that was a problem had been made irrelevant (Milosevick and Saddam) or was being brought slowly back into the world community (N Korea and Iran). All that ended with the actions of Sharon and George Jr. But many have forgotten what the world was like only five years ago. Thank a Constitutional Convention, presidents must be relected every four years instead of being kings or dictators for eight or twenty years.