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As a New Yorker, I'm not surprised that Giuliani supports the war in Iraq. A compassionate person would see how the war is not only destroying the life of our own troops but the citizens of an entire country. As mayor of NYC he was a bully, who displayed a remarkable lack of either compassion or remorse. For instance, when the African immigrant Amadou Diallo was shot--47 times--all because the police thought he was reaching for a gun, Giuliani didn't even express condolences to the man's family. Giuliani also showed no remorse for another man, also shot erronously by overzealous policemen. Giuliani claimed the man was "no choirboy" although the victim had done nothing except to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ironically he had been a choirboy in his youth. And Giuliani has yet to publically express remorse that many of the firemen who died on 9/11 would not have been in the Tower when it collapsed if the radio communication had been better and central command hadn't been set up at the World Trade center to begin with. What can you really expect from a man who lets his wife know that he's divorcing her at the same time that he tells the press.
It amazes me and many New Yorkers that Giuliani is so popular elsewhere. I guess 9/11 still resonates strongly, and he plays this so called strength of his for all it's worth. Too bad more isn't being said about what Giuliani was like before this day and what he was really doing that day.
