Posted by wally on July 14, 2003 at 15:47:46:
In Reply to: Re: Bush posted by gb on July 14, 2003 at 14:55:25:
> > Bush is more savvy than Clinton? Welp, when I think of savvy, George
W.
> Bush sure comes to my mind!!! The guy can barely put two sentences
> together.
> >
> > Granted I don't think the "weapons of mass destruction" was the real
> reason we went into Iraq either. But bottom line, I don't care what the
> reason is for going into Iraq, all I care about is what the result is.
As
> I'm sure no one in Armstrong County gives a crap about the Iraqi's but I
> certainly am happy that the second coming of Hitler was taken out of
> power. God only knows what he would have done given a little more
time.
> Do I think the war was "all about the oil", yes I do but if they happen
to
> free oppressed people at the same time, fine by me. The fight against a
> tyrant who tortures & kills women & children will be won and as an extra
> bonus, gas prices will go down. It's not as if our men & women died for
> nothing. Look at the bigger picture!!!! Stop worrying about your
little
> corner of the world only. What Saddam did to those people was
unthinkable
> and he should have been stopped.
And what has Fidel been doing for years and how many other countries
are the people oppressed by maniac dictators but we look the other way-the
real reason we went into Iraq -BECAUSE Israel wanted us to- they pressured
U.S. into thinking he was a danger against them.. not for WMD's or any
humitarian mission.......
> > Bottom line, Clinton was scum and GWB isn't much better. You can't be
> president and be a "nice" guy, it's impossible to do. There are
skeletons
> in every president's closet. I think Bush was possibly used by the CIA
to
> get us into this war, by the sounds of things. Wouldn't be the first
time
> it ever happened (aka Vietnam).
>
> Other way around- Bush used the CIA ..... Clinton has shown Bush what
> can be done and the public be damned and Bush has moved way past Clinton
> on doing things and getting away with them- he has Tenet taking the
flak
> for his deceit...