Ted,
I personally am not 100% for going to war today. It's kind of like going to dentist, IMO, he is something that needs attention, preferably sooner than later, but I am a procrastinator.
So if Bush says we need to go to war, I agree in principle, it's kind of like "Ok mom, you are right", but look for excuse for not doing it now.
But as far as bombing other countries, eagerness of going to war, this administration started out somewhat isolationist, and would most likely be one of the most isolationist one if 9/11 did not happen.
FYI, compare that to our military actions in Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo/Yugoslavia, lobbing rockets at Afganistan, Sudan, bombing a few installation in Iraq, all of which happened during the previous administration.
I don't recall your opposition to any of those actions, even though the reasons for most of them are completely dwarfed by 9/11. So calling this administration trigger happy because of the invasion of Afganistan (which is all they did so far) makes zero sense.
As far as keeping attention away from domestic economy, this is what Bush ran on, it is what he would love to be dealing with instead, rather than post 9/11 actions. You may recall that during campaign, he had to "demonstrate" that he had interest in it as well.
I am not about to be censored because I disagree.<g>
The 16392 posts on SI are a good evidence of it. <g>
Gore's speech the other night put a voice to the frustration felt by people like me. I am prepared to go to war when it can be justified; when all diplomatic measures have been tried and failed but not one millisecond before.
I am curious about this. Let me understand this in Iraq context. What diplomatic measures do you have in mind.
As far as time, I see it completely differently. I think postponing action on Iraq is to watch them. While we watch them, we either develop more evidence / justification for going to war, or maybe, the activities we object to will stop, and there will no longer be need to go to war.
Furthermore, I will not have someone try to ramrod a war down my throat for whatever reason.
Again, I didn't see you objecting to Bosnia, Haiti, Somalia, Kosovo, Yugoslavia (destruction of civilian infrastructure), Afganistan, Sudan of previous administration.
Yes, sometimes not going to war is as dangerous as going to war but sometimes doing what you are told without reasonable explanation and forethought is the most dangerous of all.
I agree.
Joe |
