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Friday, April 14, 2006 12:00 AM

Welcome to the war

How should longtime war critics deal with recent converts to the cause?
Tim Grieve

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  • Friday, April 14, 2006 05:09 PM

    Here's the deal

    If someone was a supporter of the war due to ignorance, and they've come around, then I welcome them. It just takes some people longer to realize things. So many Americans are uniformed, or worse, misinformed. As the media catches on, and more and more outlets report what is going on, and what has been going on, then people wise up.

    However. When someone like Gingrich comes around. I turn my back to him. He is a politcal animal who does what he sees as necessary to further his own cause. He is on the bandwagon now. His voice of dissent would have meant something two years, or even a year ago. Now? It just makes me sick.

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