okay, I think I need to set this straight before it pisses me off any more..
have you noticed that on all of his interviews hes is wearing a military suit or there is atleast a lot of military materials standing behind him.
even Hitler didnt do such thing
Hitler was rarely seen WITHOUT a military entourage, and a good 90% of Hitler's public speeches were while he was wearing a dress uniform. That point smells of horse manure.
http://www.viaggio-in-germania.de/hitler.jpghttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/s...yker/hitler.gifhttp://www-cgsc.army.mil/milrev/spanish/Se.../hitler%202.jpgAnd as for Clinton's boosting of the economy, #1 the president doesn't control the stock market. #2 the stock market "boom" during the Clinton administration was due to massive amounts of budget fudging. Enron wasn't alone in this, and the Clinton years were those during which Enron made the greatest profits. Even Allen Greenspan noted that something didn't seem right with it. As for the stock "crash" and 9/11.. The crash occurred AFTER 9/11 and was due, in part to buisness slowing down as everyone drooled over the television. It's like a traffic jam because some bimbo in a minivan is rubbernecking at an accident and taking up two lanes of traffic doing it. On TOP of that, many buisnesses were suddenly held accountable for their records and the audits caused by the Enron scandal made it obvious that
THERE WAS NO STOCK BOOM IN THE FIRST PLACE because the money that was being traded
DIDN'T EXIST As for 9/11.. Again, the NSA, FBI, CIA and other organizations involved with the policing and protection of the United States receive warnings like that every day. There was no solid indication that it was going to happen. And on TOP of that, government organizations are
NOT ALLOWED TO USE RACIAL PROFILING. So they aren't even allowed to take Jihad Joe off a plane and question him on the basis of his race or physical appearance. And if they behave until pulling out the box cutters (which were legal to carry on a plane until 9/11 due to the
AIRLINE'S OWN REGULATIONS there's nothing anyone can officially do about it. As for Bush removing Checks and Balances, you said it yourself, you want a president who's got a pair. And in pulling in the reigns of power instead of simply being a figurehead, that's what he's doing.
Moving on to the war in Iraq. I've stated before, and I'll state again, that this isn't simply "finishing what daddy started," Iraq DOES have weapons of mass destruction, and the only reason they haven't shown the media is because if they show you who found them and how, we'll blow our cover. You remember when Geraldo got booted out because he pulled out a map and on international television said "we are here" during troop movements right? It's just that lack of foresight that causes problems. Most of the work in Iraq involves espionage because after the years spent under Saddam's bloody dictatorship nobody wants to risk accidentally letting one of Saddam's killers know that they don't agree with him.
Yes, it was supposed to be a quick war, nobody new exactly how terrified of Saddam the local population was.
Yes, US troops are stationed around oil fields. If you've got the gall to complain about the previous oil crisis, shut up now. And remember when Iraqui troops pulled out of Kuwait? Same deal, burning oil is hazardous in that not only is it explosive, the clouds of smoke are downright lethal.
Yes, we ARE trying to establish a government, but keep in mind that you cannot go from a dictatorship to a democracy overnight. You need to earn the trust of the people, you need to establish a form of mass communication, which we can NOT do until power, phone, water and cable lines are all repaired (most of which were cut by Saddam's loyalists) and you need to establish a system in which to CREATE a new government. It takes people whom the general public is willing to trust, and most Iraqui's are outright terrified of government officials, that just happens to be Huissein's legacy.
As for bombs, I'll admit it is difficult to justify. We don't want any more nukes on this planet, and we still have them. Why? so we can respond to a nuclear, or equivalent threat. What does Korea need nukes for? To protect themselves from the North Koreans? from China? The US already has troops stationed there just-in-case anything like that happens. Frankly, the US has been running around doing errands for the UN for so long it's not even funny. Like it or not, the United States has been the world's police force for many years. And yes, many European and other countries have helped, but we have been the mainstay. I will not say "war is peace" so quit the Big Brother @#$% now. I WILL state that when politics fails, as the UN has done, then something needs to happen.
This is war people, there's nothing nice about it, so take the complaints about not playing nice and shove it. Machiavelli was right, if you win, you do it hard, fast, and quiet. Playing nice gets you dead.
And omfg people, did you really expect 9/11 to NOT cause a recession?! They blew up the @#$%ing
WORLD TRADE CENTER. Practically the freaking headquarters of this nation's economy.
And Footman, this isn't bashing you personally, but you DID post a list of "transgressions" that came from a source that's almost as liberal as Hitler was fascist and your most impressive supporting statistics were PROJECTIONS.
As good 'ol Sam Clemens said so long ago, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Just keep in mind that you can make numbers say anything, and there are two sides to any argument. I'm not fully supporting Bush, but I WILL state that all of the bashing is ridiculous. If you think you could have done a better job, then you should try working on the solution, not pissing up a storm about what you think the problem is.