"The Republicans have always been the war mongers."
Uh, well, perhaps I can make a generalization, too, and say that Democrats "have always been war mongers". At least there is some evidence for that.
Not to defend war mongers of any stripe, but of Presidents and major military operations of the 20th and 21 Centuries, it looks like the war count is 5 for the Democrats and 4 for the Republicans.
If you take out the lesser wars of Granada, Panama and Serbia, you still get a somewhat similar ratio of 4 to 3.
Of course, if you only count from the invasion of Granada, it does look bad for Republicans, but does that qualify them for "always been war mongers"? I guess you can rationalize the statement any way you want.
By the way, without a Congressional Declaration of War, O*ama already has the power to send or withdraw troops wherever he wants. Congress doesn't matter very much (in practice), nor do Republicans, or Democrats. It is his understanding of the situation, and his judgment.
Interestingly, of the list below, only WWI and WWII were with acts of congress.
VP in AZ
(Progressive Libertarian)
WWI - Woodrow Wilson (D)
WWII - Franklin Roosevelt (D)
Korea- Harry Truman (D)
Vietnam - John Kennedy (D)
Granada - Ronald Regan (R)
Panama - G.H. Bush (R)
Gulf War - G.H. Bush (R)
Serbia - Bill Clinton (D)
Iraq - G.W. Bush (R)
Afghanistan - G.W. Bush (R) |
