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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: puborectalis who wrote (1065)10/3/2000 12:22:34 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 10042
 
Stephen,

I'm not about to claim that Presidents don't have the right to make policy mistakes.

Sometimes it involves becoming involved with goverments which we despise, simply because we may despise another government even more, and thus require their help.

Nations don't have allies... they have interests. And oftentimes those interests change widely.

Overall, the Reagan/Bush administration's support of Iraq against the radical Iranian government was probably quite justified. I certainly prefer what we currently have over radicalized Shiism running rampant through the Mid-East.

I also support their disposing of Noriega, despite previous support of his government during the '80s. We had interests in Panama, namely a canal and our military facilities there. We try to make positive changes where we can, and when we can't sometimes greater action is necessary.

I certainly can personally vouch for the fact that most Panamanians absolutely loathed Noriega.

Again, we can second guess past actions by various presidents. But what we can't ignore is the suspicious fact that so many military actions undertaken during the Clinton administration were of the "wag the dog" nature.

And even if they weren't, the ability of our enemies to claim that they were, seriously damaged our credibility in various parts of the world.

No one made Hussein invade Kuwait. And even if the US ambassador to Iraq gave Hussein the mistaken impression that the US would look the other way, he should have known better. There's no way that Bush would have personally signed off on such a destabilizing action by Hussein.

Regards,

Ron
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