gmc wrote: Maybe as a scot I should be dour and obtuse but I don't want people mistaking me for a wee free and most of the time I find it difficult to be dour for very long. Bear in mind this is hogmanay, the time when all the problems of the last year are thrown out with the last rubbish of the year and you start again,
Now that is golden, my vocabulary thanks you for "wee free", and "hogmanay". gmc wrote: When you wake up you still haven't answered my questions. It is still one you seem loathe to answer. I would also add what do you reckon to the project for the new american century? How influential are they really?
"It is still one you seem loathe to answer." I reviewed the post's, and the only question I find is "why do so many Americans think that Saddam had anything to do with 9/11?" and you are right, I do loathe the question. I consider it on the level of the apocryphal lawyers questian "answer yes or no, do you still beat your wife?" However, Just for you, I'll answer it one time.
There is no single answer, It is the result of any or all of the following: The answerer may [TAM]be stupid, TAM be inatentive to the question, TAM have a mental file labeled 9/11, which contains all things related to terrorism, TAM be mentally challanged and actually think there is a direct connection, TAM be aware of a connection between Al Qaeda and Saddam, then incorrectly link that to 9/11, TAM simply be a victim of head up ass [HUA], a fairly common ailment of people with small brain/large mouth syndrome. TAM have listened to too many talk shows, and gone brain dead. TAM have heard the questian from disgruntled euro's so many times, they don't care how they answer, etc ad infinitum.
"so many" this is an unacceptable quantifier , to expect any credibility, this must be expressed in a numerical form, percentage, fractions, or ratio's are valid expressions. The context and format of the base question must be presented along with demographics of those questioned. You will also need to present evidence that those questioned were really Americans.
Finally, I Googled to find any credible evidence that a member of the Bush administration had ever posited a direct link between Saddam and 9/11, no results were found, I did however find accusations from the opposition political party, Michael Moore, the press [American and European] that Bush and Co. had declared such a link. The 9/11 comission found no direct link, but did acknowledge meetings between Saddam and Al Queda reps. prior to 9/11.
Now if you would, please explain the value, or point of that question. In what manner does it add perspective, reveal truth, or add to your knowledge of things related to 9/11, and Iraq? What does it add to your quest for understanding the American psyche, or character? I find no probative value whatsoever in the question. "I would also add what do you reckon to the project for the new american century? How influential are they really?"
Sorry but I don't under these questions, could you restate them?:)
Roe v Wade, abortion. One side kills doctors to save fetuses, the other want's to make it illegal to inform the parents or require any approval for 10 yr. olds, a policy already in effect in a California school district. Kids are required to not leave school campus, except for an abortion.
{OOPS used a religous word, the "religious right in america" must have taken control of my brain} :yh_rotfl 
