The communist leaders were the enemy Lanny, i don't care what you think of the war, Kerry does not have a right to meet with the enemy. He met with the enemy at a time of war, or just after the US had finished in Vietnam. Presidents meeting with communist leaders is a different matter, they have the power to be diplomatic. Kerry was a just a anti-war protesters, hippie and who knows what they talked about. Reagan met with the Russians but still stood them down when it came for that time, will Kerry be able to do that if China threateans way should Kerry get into the office, or would he still deam the as no dangerous threat. Sean Hannity as a sub 80 IQ but he still gets ton of support, i wonder why? Your views come from the radical left.
And why does a high profile civilian not have the right to meet with anyone of their choosing, including political leaders? The nation was divided and the support behind the war was actually the minority belief. The government refused to meet with the North Koreans, so civilians did their best to appeal to them through humanitarian visits. This was not the first time this has happened during a war either, so it wasn't exactly a ground breaking visit. I really have no idea what you expect people to do to aid the peace effort if protesting is wrong and doing humanitarian visitation is an afront to the war effort as well. It seems to me that the only way you can be behind the war effort is to be a good little mindless drone and shut your mouth as the government does something immoral. Sorry, that doesn't work for most people who have been part of the leadership fabric of their generation.
You're going to have to explain yourself. How the hell was Kerry a hippie? A young, Yale educated graduate from a prestegious upper class family who did two tours in Vietnam is hardly the description used on a hippie. Seems to me you don't have a clue what you are taking about.
Well thank God I'm on the "radical left" and not aligned with morons like Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, etc. Sean Hannity's popularity actually predicates on the naivity if his audience. It does not take more thasn five minutes of listening to realize that you are not tuned into a show for intellectuals. The blatant stereotyping, slandering and lies (the other day he swore up and down to his audience that John Edwards promised during campaigning that if Kerry were President that people would spring up from their wheel chairs and walk again, twisting a quote way out of context) play to the extreme edge of the Conservative agenda. He, and his ilk, focuses on developing a sense of fear in the community and leveraging his listeners lack of understanding of the issues. The sad thing about him is that he is so uninformed and is so easily schooled on any topic he decides to pontificate on. Anyone remotely informed on the issues sees right through the smokescreen he continually sets and tunes him out. Hannity is popular because the majority of the right wing republicans are so poorly informed on the issues that they will swallow the crap he dishes out.
Castro isn't a threat? Maybe not but he stills run a type of government that governed the evil empire of the world. That makes him threat enough. Castro who invited the nuclear attack on the US by allowing missles to be brought into his country, but he still isn't a threat. Give Castro his chance, he would bomb the sh*t outta the States. And is all that Kerry cares about is looking good? I hope not because to me people that want everything to look good are pussies, afraid to do the job right, even if it means down and dirty. Communism might become the biggest threat to the American way of life. Look at China, they have become a world power or are soon to be, and who's to say they won't instigate World War 3? Then of course communism isn't a threat right. Castro isn't a threat then right?
Castro is not a threat. Cuba is not a threat. I would like YOU to explain to me how an Island state of 11 million people, that has no economy (GDP of $2,300 per capita), spends $570 million on military expenditures (1.8% of GDP) and has not had any military aid from anyone since 1993, could be considered a threat? The majority of Cuba is living in the 1960's. They are no match for anyone economically, militarily or even socially. Communism is a failed ideology for the most part. How can you consider taking on a country that spends more on military than your country's GDP is at anything? Get serious.
And what the hell is Cuba going to bomb the United States with? Their airforce is made up of MIG-23 Floggers (25 operational), an airframe that has not been viable for fifteen to twenty years. Good God man, a single squadron of F-15's could take out the Cuban air defenses in short order and open up the country to an easy invasion. America has no worries from a broken down military who has no aid or backing from another nation. How the HELL would Cuba bomb the sh*t out of America???
Communism is NOT a threat. It is a FAILED ideology. The Chinese, yes those heathens that are about to start WWIII, are struggling to hold on to control of their country and are doing everything they can to slowly integrate capitalism into their government systems. The Chinese system is spread so thin that they even realize that they cannot sustain their present form of governance. They are getting hooked on developing an export economy which means they cannot war on their biggest customers. The Chinese are being pushed into a corner where communism will fail and they will be forced to open up their country to true capitalism in the near future.
You really need to understand that economics is a greater threat to a country in this world than any military weapon. If you can hook into a country's economy you have created a dependancy that prevents aggression. Maybe this is too complex an issue for you to grasp, as you're looking at things in a 1975 view, but I think you really need to take a step back and do some thinking. You are so off base that its not even funny. You're the type of guy that the Republicans like because you think that the war machine is how you solve problems. This simplistic view is exactly why we are in the situation we are. Problems are not solved at the end of a gun. Remember that.
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