1. Bush Sr. didn't have a U.N. or Congressional mandate to go into Baghdad. He barely had a mandate to get Saddam out of Kuwait. Then - Sen. Gore sold his important vote for air time on the Senate floor, remember??. When it was even discussed, everybody wretched at the thought of house-to-house hand combat in the streets of Baghdad, which is what it would have taken, along with untold thousands of civilian casualties. That would have played well, wouldn't it?
2. You can't pretend that things didn't change -- for the worse -- in Afghanistan and the Middle East over the past 8 years (Clinton's 8 years). The peace process broke down while Clinton was still in office.
3. GW Bush has been in office for only 1 year now... only 9 months when the 9/11 attack occurred. Who was on duty for the 8 years preceding him?
4. Of course bioterror has come to the forefront since 9/11. Duh, I wonder why? That's not denied, and that's also just one issue.
5. Don't blame either Bush for escalation of the Mideast situation. Blame Arafat. He's had several chances for peace, and blown all of them. Of course, he's supported and goaded on by Saddam, et al., and most recently OBL since he found he might get some traction with the issue.
Let's not start re-writing history, o.k.? |
