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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (244590)10/10/2007 3:53:07 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Outside our borders, we seem willing to accept extreme brutality. We haven't had a war here in 150 years, and the people seem to credit that with our having our wars and other brutalities elsewhere, and excusing what we do "over there".

9/11, in the new, "globalized" world, it bit us back, and America was ready to crank it up in over-reaction. We had Bush in place to put our worst face forward. A wiser leader would have calmed us while pursuing the criminals responsible.

Bush took advantage of 9/11 to inflame us and implement agendas of his own. Bush seemed to revel in the political capital and powers that came with being a "war president" - at least while his pet war was going well.

A very sad and regretful part of American history. One we'll pay for for a LONG time.
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