"The most painful aspect of the presidency is the fact that I know my decisions have caused young men and women to lose their lives."
President George W. Bush
Dec 20, 2006
No fucking shit, Sherlock. And isn't that what I have been saying all along?
3 comments:
Anonymous
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You know what's funny? I have been reading this blog for about a year now....just started posting more....and I laugh at the fact that your last couple of posts haven't gotten so much as a raised eyebrow from the blockheads that support President Bush.
Markadelphia, you might need to find a new topic. I think you have converted everyone to your side.
There is a common theme in Republican and conservative circles these day.
The other day Gerald Ford passed away. A couple of days later Bob Woodward published a story that had been "embargoed" until after Ford's death. Turns out Ford never supported Bush's rationale for the invasion of Iraq (even before we knew there were no weapons of mass destruction).
As the Senate concluded its lame-duck session, Republican Gordon Smith of Oregon voiced his dissatifaction with the war in Iraq and his regret for having supported it.
One after the other, many conservative columnists have been taking aim at Bush, criticizing him for his incompetence on the war, Katrina, etc.
Yet when it mattered most, all these people either vociferously supported Bush's decision to attack Iraq, or remained silent.
Many of these people called those who opposed the invasion liberal traitors or terrorist sympathizers. Now, in hindsight, can conservatives tell me exactly why we were wrong to oppose a preemptive war against a toothless dictator who we could have simply boxed in tighter and tighter? What was the big rush? Even Bush said it would be years before Saddam had the bomb.
Had we hammered Saddam with further sanctions and more intrusive inspections in 2003, his weakness would have been exposed to his own people. We could have proved that there were no weapons of mass destruction. With that knowledge, the Iraqi people might have decided to revolt, with the sure knowlege that Saddam was powerless. We could have toppled a dictator without firing a shot, with the support of the international community. We could have been heroes instead of zeroes.
But most conservatives weren't interested in that approach. Because they saw an opportunity to permanently take control of the American government. They believed they could whip up public hysteria over 9/11 and get people to vote for a permanent Republican majority in the House and Senate. Moderate Republicans kept quiet. Some Democrats, faced with total annihilation at the polls from an electorate still in shock from 9/11, caved in and went along with Bush. It was just like the McCarthy era, with everyone running from the stigma of being soft on terrorism.
The whole "my country right or wrong" mantra is ultimately self-destructive. George Bush and the "support the president not matter what" crowd suffer from the delusion that the president of the United States is the United States. But George Bush is just another government employee. And not a particularly bright or competent one.
"The most painful aspect of the presidency is the fact that I know my decisions have caused young men and women to lose their lives."
3 comments:
You know what's funny? I have been reading this blog for about a year now....just started posting more....and I laugh at the fact that your last couple of posts haven't gotten so much as a raised eyebrow from the blockheads that support President Bush.
Markadelphia, you might need to find a new topic. I think you have converted everyone to your side.
There is a common theme in Republican and conservative circles these day.
The other day Gerald Ford passed away. A couple of days later Bob Woodward published a story that had been "embargoed" until after Ford's death. Turns out Ford never supported Bush's rationale for the invasion of Iraq (even before we knew there were no weapons of mass destruction).
As the Senate concluded its lame-duck session, Republican Gordon Smith of Oregon voiced his dissatifaction with the war in Iraq and his regret for having supported it.
One after the other, many conservative columnists have been taking aim at Bush, criticizing him for his incompetence on the war, Katrina, etc.
Yet when it mattered most, all these people either vociferously supported Bush's decision to attack Iraq, or remained silent.
Many of these people called those who opposed the invasion liberal traitors or terrorist sympathizers. Now, in hindsight, can conservatives tell me exactly why we were wrong to oppose a preemptive war against a toothless dictator who we could have simply boxed in tighter and tighter? What was the big rush? Even Bush said it would be years before Saddam had the bomb.
Had we hammered Saddam with further sanctions and more intrusive inspections in 2003, his weakness would have been exposed to his own people. We could have proved that there were no weapons of mass destruction. With that knowledge, the Iraqi people might have decided to revolt, with the sure knowlege that Saddam was powerless. We could have toppled a dictator without firing a shot, with the support of the international community. We could have been heroes instead of zeroes.
But most conservatives weren't interested in that approach. Because they saw an opportunity to permanently take control of the American government. They believed they could whip up public hysteria over 9/11 and get people to vote for a permanent Republican majority in the House and Senate. Moderate Republicans kept quiet. Some Democrats, faced with total annihilation at the polls from an electorate still in shock from 9/11, caved in and went along with Bush. It was just like the McCarthy era, with everyone running from the stigma of being soft on terrorism.
The whole "my country right or wrong" mantra is ultimately self-destructive. George Bush and the "support the president not matter what" crowd suffer from the delusion that the president of the United States is the United States. But George Bush is just another government employee. And not a particularly bright or competent one.
Truth Girl, thanks for the comments. I think your right about finding a new topic. I've won. And I feel proud.
BLK, read my next post which should go up today.
Mark
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