I don't get it.

We exterminate the wounded Iraqis. Or maybe this was the only one case and it just happened to be caught on camera. And all we can say is that "Saddam Hussein killed more"?.

We abuse prisoners and counter protests by saying "At least we don't behead our prisoners like the terrorists do!".

I don't get it. Are we saying that we are better than the scum of the earth because we are floating on top of the scum?

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This take on Kerry's loss may not be very popular but needs to be looked at:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00180.htm

It does explain the uneasiness I felt as we got closer to the date of the Elections. Did anybody else get the feeling that our final push to unseat Bush lacked any real passion?
This could explain a lot.

Robin Cook
LONDON (The Guardian)-- If you imagine the rest of us have a problem living with George Bush for another four years, spare a thought for the 55 million Americans who voted against him.

John Kerry is fated to be stuck with the label of a loser and is already being blamed for his lack of charisma, his absence of passion and his electoral misjudgment of being born on the eastern seaboard rather than the deep south.

Yet in fairness to Kerry, more Americans backed him than supported Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter, and some of them queued for two hours in their determination to vote for him. There may be more conservatives in America than ever before, but there are also more Democrats.

Unfortunately this does not add up to a case for a recount. The U.S. does not run a proportional system and the winner takes all.

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