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Flame » in reply to You don't really want to know.

It's an innocuous, straightforward post. Nothing complex. And y'all flunked.
Bowser — (archived)

Easy to answer.

My answer would be that I would devote the rest of my life to doing damage to who- and what-ever did that to my family. I would get as close as possible to the perps - if not them, then the Iraqi military. If not the leadership, then the buddies of the perps.

I would not care if "Bush was worse", I would not care about any preceeding actions. I would know my family was innocent, my granddaughter did not deserve that, and go after the folks.

To be honest, I'd take a month off. I'd have to calm down, so as to be rational. During that month I would formulate a plan.

Would I put on a uniform and charge an outpost, or whatever else you would regard as "fair". Of course not.

I would become, by definition, a "terrorist". I would strike at the Iraqi military, and those who supported it.

And anyone who doesn't think that Bush is creating a much more dangerous world than he found doesn't think he lies, either.

Arf, aka C. O. Jones (That's Spanish, by the way.)

PS On a personal note. If not lithium, there are other options.

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