Sorry if this is a late response. I'm I'm the middle of busy season right now, but this post just jumped out and demanded attention...
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > Is there anyone who considers themselves opposed to the current military > action in Iraq who does not also consider themselves opposed to President Bush?
As a Canadian, I really don't care one way or the other about President Bush. He's just a name on the news, really. But this "Bush Doctrine" of pre-emptive warfare goes against everything I believe, and it really frightens me that a gigantic nation like the United States would even seriously contemplate such a thing, much less actually go to war on it.
So yes, there are people who oppose the war in Iraq who have nothing to do with American politics. Most people around the world are that way, I suspect.
Let me ask the question a little differently, then (not just for Kevin, but for anyone who wishes to respond):
Is there anyone who is strongly opposed to this war in Iraq (e.g., who has been speaking out against it, protesting it, etc.) who supports Bush and thinks he is a "good" (or at least no worse than average, even if not a "great") President?
I am asking because I and others have noted that, at least in the United States, many of those who speak out against the war in Iraq, when asked their opinion of President Bush, say things like "He is stupid", "He is evil", "He is a dictator who wants to impose his rule on the whole world", "He only started the war to benefit himself and his friends with close ties to the oil industry", etc. While correlation does not imply causation, I was just interested in whether the apparent correlation between "anti-war" and "anti-Bush" is real or a statistical artifact due to the obviously limited number of people I have talked to directly, and how widespread it might be.
-- Ronn! :)
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