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I asked a friend of mine what effect he thought the war in Iraq would have on upcoming elections. He paused only so slightly. "None at all," he said. I pressed the point: "Not even in view of the fact that we have alienated some of our strongest allies?" "Joan," he said in the kind of low, patient voice reserved for slow learners, "Europeans don't vote in our elections."
I got it. The lesson was that only Americans vote here and Americans vote only for American interests. So, the question is, what is in the best interest of America now?
The "war" in Iraq is over, U.S. President George Bush announced in May. Yet, it grinds slowly but inexorably on as American soldiers die, one or two at a time, almost daily.
The operation that was to take only a few months, we are now told, will take a very long time.
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From The National Catholic Reporter. Whoo Hoo!!! If we can get the people in the religious community to speak out on this, there will be a lot of "soul searching" by the next election.
I have been very disappointed that more people in the religious community haven't been vocal on this issue. Aren't they the very people who tell the rest of us what his right what is wrong? I was taught by nuns who pounded this stuff into our heads, and where it may not have all taken root, we did learn that lying, especially telling lies that hurt others is one of the biggest "sins" that we could commit. Where are these people now? And I don't mean just the Catholics. Where are the rest of them? This is the biggest moral issue facing us in our lifetime. It's NOT just political. I truly believe that if a person believes in the sanctity of the human soul, he/she has a duty to protest what is going on in this country. In this world.
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