On 6 Oct 2002 at 9:04, kasey simpson wrote: > Brenda, > First and foremost, I did not mean to address you personally. > Please forgive me if I have in any way offended you. I used > your word "fiercely" to make a point. It was/is hard to support > war. But once I made that choice, based on reports I had > read or heard it seems, at least on this list, that it is easy for me > and I must love war. Unfounded half truths have been reported here, > case in point Vince's' tirade on the Dashel speech, so when this 800 > number was given, I simply wanted to respond with the other side. I > have since received several post blasting my wording. You post is the > only one to contain reason. So please accept my sincere apology if I > have hurt or angered you in any way. Now as for this post, thank you > for additional information. I will read it and I do agree with every > thing you've said here. You are an intelligent, well informed person. > I have based my choice on the information I have read, which is to say > new information, true information could change my mind. Again, I > thank you for both your post, and am sorry for any antagonism sent > your way.
Kasey - I appreciate your gracious apology, and must add that I was not hurt, offended or angered in any way. Just a little confused because I was attempting to stand up for you as you appear to be in the minority on this list in your support of the war. I say appear, because there are only a few people talking about it, so really for all we know there may be a lot more but they just choose not to jump into the fray. I appreciate this debate and I think it can be useful for anyone interested in engaging in it, if we keep our minds open and focus on sharing our knowledge and beliefs while refraining from attacks of any kind - personal, political, moral or otherwise - from either side of the war debate. I'm curious to know what you read that lead you to your position of support. Are there any sources you can point me to? I want to be convinced that this is the right thing, but when members of Congress say that they have not seen a plan that includes expected costs and casualties or defined objectives with proposed timeframe for occupation and exit strategy, it makes the skeptic in me ask - how can I support something when I don't know what it is I'm actually supporting? Perhaps there are reasons to support a war against Iraq, but NOT the resolution. For anyone who has not read it, it's worth checking out. After all the resolution is one thing, the war is another. Here's one AP source: http://www.theolympian.com/home/specialsections/War/20021002/12757.shtml I have more thoughts on this, but I'll hold them until after the President's speech tonight. Brenda n.p.: Secretary Rumsfeld's Pentagon Briefing
