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   From: ClaviusFairAndBalanced@cablespeed.com   
      
   "Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack )"   
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   > Clave wrote:   
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   > > "Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack )"   
   > >  wrote in message   
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   > > > stan@temple.edu wrote:   
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   > > > > In nj.politics Who Cares?  wrote:   
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   > > > > > You gotta start somewhere, and Iraq was a good starting place.  So   
   how   
   > > > > > many times has the US soil been attacked since we routed the Taliban   
   > > > > > and invaded Iraq?   
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   > > > > So far, no attacks on American soil have happened since last March, but   
   > > > > American interests in other areas of the world have happened. And there   
   > > > > is no evidence that the $120+ billion of our tax dollars spent in Iraq   
   > > > > is going to prevent another attack on American soil, esp. since the   
   > > > > attacks on 9/11 didn't even come from Iraq.   
   > > > >   
   > > > Wild assertions from you again.   
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   > > What "wild assertions?"   
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   > That fixing Iraq won't help to reduce the likelihood of future attacks   
   > on the US.   
      
   He said there was no evidence that it would.   
      
   Do you have some?   
      
   Jim   
      
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