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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
The implication is that nations which oppose the effort against terrorists actually are helping terrorists.
I am sorry you feel that way about President Bush, but I obviously don't agree with you. Comparing him to Bin Laden is bad enough, but saying he's worse doesn't fit. Lunatic is also a pretty strong word that I don't think applies. I don't expect everyone to like him or his policies any more than I expect everyone to like America, but he isn't a madman. I actually agree with his actions regarding terrorism and Afghanistan, as do most Americans (at least for the moment).
If he's a madman, so am I 
[ 11-13-2001: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]
Don't worry Ronn, I don't think, that you're a madman and I do believe that you are much more intelligent than your president. I just don't like the guy and I sure don't expect (or blame anyone) for not sharing my point of view.
I too believe that it wasn't an off-the-cuff remark. He said it because he wanted to pass a message: you are with us in all of it or you are against us. That is really narrow minded thinking that quite frankly is just as bad as Bin Ladden wanting to bring America and it's friends down.
I think that most leaders in this world are supporting Bush because they are afraid of him more than they are afraid of Bin Ladden. The guy is a moron and he is recongnized as such internationnally (and I can say that because I don't live in the USA). At least with Bin we know what his reaction (and course of action is). Bush is stupid, unpredictable and has the most powerfull nation in the world to back him... a very dangerous combination if you ask me.
Am I scare of Bin Ladden? Of course not. Am I scared of Bush? Of course I'm for the very reasons that I pointed out above. Which is worse, to have an idiot or an intelligent madman, I don't know. Napoleon, Bin Ladden, Alexander the Great, Julius Ceasar, Tito, Mao, Hitler, Stalin are exemples of intelligent madman who held views similar to those of Bush (narrow mindness and superiority)... I think that Bush is the first of his kind and that scares the **** out of me!