December 2004 by Beth Grimes December 25, 2004 My president talks to God. He said so. It was on TV. My president took us to war in Iraq; He said there were weapons of mass destruction there. None have been found He said Saddam Hussein was developing nuclear weapons No proof of this has emerged. He said there were ties between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda We now know this is not true. If I mention these things, I will be labeled a Bush-hater. After all, my president talks to God. Since the war began, 1281 Americans were killed in Iraq – 9765 wounded. Since the war began more than 14,668 Iraqi civilians died. Many were children. Some were injured like Ali Ismail Abbas, age 12, when one of our missiles hit his home, killed his family and blew off both his arms above his elbows. I cannot ask: what did the boy do to deserve that? If I did, I would be called a Bush-hater I do not hate my president I pray for my president every day. I pray that my president will stop talking to God and start listening to Him. ___________________________________________ Cynthia M. Daniels Northwestern University Biomedical Engineering Department 2145 N. Sheridan Rd. Technological Institute, E310 Evanston, IL 60208 Ameer Lab: 847-491-7646 Email: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤