On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 11:14:16 -0400, Howard Berkowitz
wrote:

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rrussell wrote:

a politician should definitely be decisive and also courageous, but in
a
completely other way than soldiers. or am i just dreaming this up?

A soldier is expected to have both physical and moral courage. Why
should we not expect any less from our civilian leaders?

Moral, yes. One would hope that the Secret Service, Homeland Security,
NORAD, etc., all contribute to a lack of a requirement for physical
courage.

After 9/11 President Bush did not believe that he would survive his
term as President.

He felt that if he did what he believed needed to be done Al Queda
would eventually kill him - and he did it anyway.



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Palestinians, or America's longstanding support for Israel.
A group of people with money and weaponry have simply
decided that we, as a civilization, are unfit to live, and
want, eventally, to exterminate us."
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