We're talking about the President of the United States of America, so
I would hope the President is treated with respect not for the man he
is (because anyone can question that), but for the position he
represents. Whether it's George Bush, Bill Clinton, or whoever, the
office is to be respected.

If the commission finds that the President is responsible and/or
liable for what happened on 9/11, at that point in time he should be
subject to a complete hearing. Requiring the President to be subject
to a complete hearing with a sworn oath and in front of the public is
disgraceful to our country, especially in the eyes of other countries
that hate us. I'm not saying it should never be done, but there's a
process in reaching that point that requires a lot of data gathering
and parsing of those results (which we're doing now).

And you suggest our latest war is worse than Vietnam? Well, I think
it's way too premature to decide that, because we don't know what
events will unfold. But you're right, over time we may find this
whole war on terror to be much greater than the Vietnam War.

Nonetheless, the region and world religion you're worried about
upsetting is responsible for several attempts at blowing up the world
trade center, the USS Cole, several embassies around the world, etc.
I'm not too worried about upsetting them, because I think they already
are.

-Dustin

On Sun, 02 May 2004 22:44:43 GMT, "Jim" wrote:

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnis...7122823.column

Extract

He couldn't even watch Bush and Cheney at the 9/11 hearing yesterday
because they wouldn't show their faces in public at a hearing that was
supposed to be investigating how we in New York were hit. Bush and Cheney
have been saying that they didn't have even a troubling dream that the
attack was coming.

In the meeting yesterday, neither were under oath.

They should have been, for the only way they have out is to cheat and lie.

They also wanted no recordings; how can you insist that you never said it
this way or that way if they have it on tape?

Their testimony was behind closed doors, with no record, on a day during the
American crusade against Muslims in the Middle East. Ten U.S. dead, as last
night fell on New York.

These are the people running your country and a war that could have no end.
The new Vietnam? Of course not. Vietnam was only one country. This time, we
are up against a world religion. And your president and vice president would
not appear where they could be seen, their smirks, their glares, and they
would not speak under oath because that is obvious: if they lied, they could
be charged with perjury. They are yours. Good morning, suckers.