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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
Are you talking about Iraq? Going to Iraq was a bad thing, not going to Iraq would have been a worse thing. What other policies are you talking about?
See Ken’s post.
Yeah, by spending 30k on his energy bill and persuading others to ride bikes. He’s a hypocrite that only fights to gain popularity.
Good on him.
If they want healthcare, they better pay for it themselves. Hilary Clinton is not a Santa Claus that pulls billions of dollars out of a chimney. All she can do is transfer the money from those who actually perform some kind of economic activity to those who sit on their butts all day and all they do is complain. Am I going to support that? Not a chance.
Are you able to see what is going on? Not a chance either.
Tax cuts. The more the merrier.
I sincerely hope you are dreaming, if not, the US will join Canada, the EU and the rest of misguided western world that makes it possible for socialism and populism to flourish.
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The 9/11 commission reported no connection between Iraq and Al Queada. Anyone versed in the political situation of the middle east knew that Saddam was opposed to Al Quaeda because he was a strongman running a secular state. The last thing he wanted was Islamists taking hold – see his multiple wars with Iran. A secular state has been handed to Islamic fundamentalists, and is now a training ground for terrorists. This was created by a Bush administration that was great at waging war, but had no idea how to turn tactical success into political progress.
Fine that most people at the time wouldn’t know about that. The issue is that some of them (roughly 25%) still believe there was a connection
to this day displays a lack of vision on their part. Apparently these are the people who will continue to support Bush regardless of what he does.
My biggest issue is how the Bush administration has totally failed to support the troops. There are insufficient numbers with inadequate equipment. Did you know that 90% of troop casualties in Iraq are caused by IED’s? And that there is a APC called a Grizzly that Blackwater uses that is essentially IED “proof” (the bottom is shaped like a boat deflecting the blast) – but the US government won’t pay for production in sufficient numbers.
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/armored/
Even if we look at the war on Terror – why is the US pouring resources into Iraq instead of Afghanistan? The entire world supported the ousting of the Taliban – but instead of killing Osama bin Laden, Bush let him escape because he changed focus to Iraq. Afghanistan is now supporting terrorism again through the massive heroin trade thanks to insufficient forces holding the country.
When I say that the current administration is too cowardly to change course, I am speaking of Iraq. That lost war will be the legacy of the Bush presidency. But, it is only the biggest elephant in the room. His unwillingness to change how his government operates is this primary problem. He has rampant cronyism led to the Hurricane Katrina debacle. It is one thing to have political appointees – every government in history has done that. It is quite another to constantly appoint incompetent people. “Browny” is only one example. What about the legal staff all being from some third rate televangelist religious school – Regent University? The death of Habius Corpus is no accident – it stems from inadequate legal council.
Tax cuts are great if you are making over 75K a year and believe in trickledown economics. Sadly, most people in the US don’t, so they didn’t get the tax break, and trickledown economics has been proven as a falsehood.
As for health care in the US – well it lags sadly behind the entire industrialized world. Simply because it is cheaper and more efficient to have universal health care that prevents disease than having “for profit” care that causes people to avoid using it until they wind up in emergency. It isn’t like Americans are lazy. 99% of them would have coverage if they could. The social safety net provided by tax exists to catch the weakest members of society. The US wouldn’t even need to raise taxes to provide universal health care. Just get out of Iraq (which will be happening pretty quickly anyway). Did you know the US chooses to spend a larger percentage of it’s GDP on the military than any other country in the world? Not simply more money, but a greater percentage of it’s total income than anywhere else – no one even comes close. Reduce it by a single percentage point, and you cover every man, woman, and child in the United States for life.
I am suprised that as a working man you support Bush's faith based initiatives and an imoral war rather than health care.
As for Kerry's bronze star (good for him)- he won it in Vietnam when he saw a VC with a rocket launcher taking aim at his PT boat. He beached the craft right in front of him, jumped off the bow, chaised the guy through long grass and blew his head off before he could fire.
That's the guy I would rather have in charge of the military.