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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I generally refrain from responding to the same post twice, but this one deserved special notice.
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Didn't you question someone's emotional state because they responded twice to the same post?
This country barely stirred after 9-11? Which country are you referring to? Were you living somewhere else in 2001?
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Originally posted by Sidd Finch I remember the US lining up to support their President, giving him a staggering approval rating and level of support.
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People in this country were upset but were they willing to make any sacrifices? We barely have gotten a nose bleed in Iraq and yet everyone is clamoring for us to get out.
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Originally posted by Sidd Finch I remember the country expressing overwhelming support for war in Afghanistan. And I remember the country expressing strong support for war in Iraq, too, after Bush fraudulently tied Iraq to 9-11.
Sadly, Bush and the R leadership used this historic moment to tell Americans to go shopping, to lead us into a foolish war on Iraq,
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Bush saw the momentum from 9-11 as a chance to straighten up Iraq. His father assumed Saddam would fall on his own. There is an old saying that if you are going to knock an enemy down you better makes sure he never gets ups. Bush I had knocked Saddam down but left him standing. Now we had a psychopathic, narcissistic, sociopath dictator who had been humiliated by the US, running one the largest countries in the Middle East. He was so angry at the US; he tried to assassinate our former president. What foreign head of state has ever tried that before?
Clinton didn't fix the problem, mainly because he couldn’t (sorry Penske and Hank, but I just don’t think he had the political capital to invade Iraq and take Saddam out even though Saddam did try and kill Bush I. I believe if Clinton had the political capital he would have used it. And that is why his wife supported the war).
Bush saw the opportunity to finish Saddam off and he seized it.
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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
and to solidify their power and brand anyone who opposed them a terrorist.
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This is going to sound really arrogant, but I have opposed the Bush administration openly in the newspapers, in pubic and party elections and behind the scenes. I have tried very hard to undercut them many times after being a significant player in his campaign in 2000. In fact when I have criticized the administration in the papers they always love to point out my role in the 2000 campaign. I have been told through various channels that they would really like to see me neutralized. Yet I have never been branded a terrorist nor have my civil rights ever been infringed upon.
