Dead for no good reason is always pitiful, BT.
The opportunity for a stable Middle-East is not a good reason?
That seems to be a myopic and selfish attitude to me.
Selfish?
Myopic?
to you?
You put words in my mouth. You think I do not want a stable middle east? I live for a stable middle east. We all do. If we don't have that, we are dead in the water.
I do not believe that Bush was intelligent enough to bring about change, let alone, solve centuries old bloodshed problems within that region, BT.
You think there is a quick fix?
You would be wrong.
You would be selfish in your assessment of such a stance.
This is not 1941 Dec. 7th.
This is not your typical war on what terrorizes others.
It is, however, a war to bring down a very bad seed, aka Saddam. We did that. NOw, hmmm, is there a chance that we can really tear down that element of terrorism that will be underground for centuries to come?
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I say it will not occur with just ONE WAR in a country rich in history, culture and beauty. . . Iraq.
It will come about through attention to those minor details that sneak into our lives via holes of opportunity such as the club of men/women who ONE BY ONE plan well enough to do us in.
Perhaps Bush's administration has done all it can to secure our airports and such, but anyone in his position would have done the same after 9-11, imo.
Bush has not helped out one bit by invading Iraq.
Now, those who hate want more blood. Iran.
AFghanistan is the stage of the fight we should have focused on with more clarity.
THE UNITED NATIONS has troops there. But, we wanted more. We wanted more. We always want MORE...and at what cost?
Some day we are going to have to admit that we were wrong based on our greed to want MORE...I think this administration is greedy and willing to bully others in order to flex muscles.
Hell, then again, I have to admit, as much as I HATED CLINTON BILLY....and his ignorance in the arena of stopping the crap that could have been stopped. . . perhpas Bush isn't that bad.
Bill Clinton was wrong to let the terror "notices" slide. Those attacks were under his watch.
There's so much blame to go around.
We will never understand the scope of it all, because we will never be able to understand that the world is divided into many segments of beings who only want to find their own peace.
The terrorists have a chance to die now. They will not. Why?
Because hate begets hate...and their fuel is only fired up.
I don't blame Bush for that. I do hold Clinton "accountable" for the lack of hearing that ugly call.
But, we have bitten off more than we were supposed to chew.
That's my stance.
Wisdom is key here...and Bush did not have enough of that to save his life. ....let alone those boys who die each day on teh battle field.