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Originally Posted by fatboy
Perhaps it depends upon how you view 9.11. I see it as the first strike in a war. A national tragedy, to be sure. However, no more a national tragedy than Pearl Harbor.
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I disagree. All loss of life is terrible, but I think an intentional attack on civilians is more a national tragedy than an attack on the military. Even close to home, when a person joins the military, he or she voluntarily places himself or herself in harm's way. Other than the soldiers working at the Pentagon no one who died on 9.11 accepted that risk.
Although I do agree with you that Bush has a legitimate reason to use the tragedy so long as he does so respectfully.
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