In Reply to: Re: Sounds like you went in... posted by patrickU on July 29, 2004 at 14:52:36:
...from boning up on your American history a bit.The last war Americans across the class spectrum fought in was World War II. The Vietnam War was primarily fought by drafted poor black Americans, while the sons of rich white Americans (such as George Bush) somehow managed to avoid having to serve. Look at the Americans fighting the Iraq War: most of them are not white, most of them come from lower-class backgrounds. Generally speaking, Americans only sign up for military service if they don't have any other options. Rich kids have tons of options. Senators are rich; therefore, their kids don't serve. Moore made this quite plain, I thought.
I disagree with your statement that anything Bush did after the second attack would have been wrong.
Yes, there are bin Ladens everywhere in Saudi Arabia. But should American policy be driven by the Bush Administration's relationships (business or personal) with the bin Ladens? In the film, Moore makes it clear that he thinks the answer to this question is "no," and I agree with him.
Jeffery
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