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RE: Ms. Seinfeld's (sp?) reaction to the 9/11 attack - interesting that she felt her first surge of patriotism while "...watching the towers burn..." - almost immediately the media was siting terrorism, clearly even before it could be honestly learned what really happened - sounds pre-scripted, doesn't it? Ultimately, the New-Pearl-Harbor effect that the Project for a New American Century had called for was achieved. Unfortunately, this is the way "patriotism" is too often used. This sort of thing isn't unique to the USA.

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