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Actually, Aurel, people ARE stupid, ignorant, and intellectually manipulable when they blindly believe everything they see or read in the media. If you think for one second that you or I, or any other citizen of this country has better information about foreign issues than the President, you really scare me. Anyone who refuses to dig deeper, and simply gets in line with the rest of the lemmings, is blind, in my view.

Also, I certainly never said you owed me a thing for my service to this country, but you can bet I'll let you know what I think about someone enjoying the freedom I helped provide, who doesn't seem to appreciate it. I earned that freedom. If you chose not to serve, that's for you to deal with.

As for Iraq's links to 9/11, again, I'll defer to the people we pay to know those things, and until I see differently, there is no conspiracy. I know it might not fit with your "inside knowledge" of all the "real" facts, but Iraq DID have over a decade to hide the WMD's. It's not like they're all stacked in a warehouse, with labels that say "Hidden WMD's" on them.

Finally, I have no axe to grind, and I'm really not that worked up about it. I simply wanted to find out why, if you think Sweden and Switzerland are so great, do you live in the United States? I happen to think this is the best system in the world, as bad as it may be. There are too many hypocrites, in my estimation, who'll glady enlighten us all to the failings of this nation, yet take it for granted that they will not be killed for simply speaking their mind.