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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (183857)	9/19/2001 5:49:06 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

You have good points Buddy, but in some cases not understanding my opinions. I think we are actually pretty close in our thinking, and I will state that you seem to have more knowledge of the history in the region than me. But to clear up some mis-understndings: <2) "It was the US that built up Iraq..." <"True", and "sensible" were your comments>> Sensible at the time. Not in hindsight. My limited knowledge of our buildup of Iraq was that they were the lesser of two evils at the time. I remember how I felt about Iran at the time, and I viewed them as more dangerous to the U.S. Kohemani (sp) was pretty scary to me. Was it sensible at the time iyo? <3) "It was the US that built up the Taliban against the USSR." <"True", and "sensible" were your comments>> Again, sensible at that time. The Russkies were the enemy so it would seem prudent to help the ones that were fighting them. My sensible comments for both of these was not meant to say that I think the moves were sensibel in hindsight. But I do believe America's intentions were good, and in accord with our best interests. I agree that both incidents have come back to bight us, but we don't know what the state of the mideast would be if we did not intervene. I'm not knowledgable enough to argue whether we would be in better or worse shape. Dosn' matter much because we are where we are. "I believe we best serve our own interests when we promote fair and free trade, encourage democracy, and advance our own economy through innovation and scientific advancement... and isn't this the reason so trumpeted for encouraging the fall of communism? The "shining light on the hill" parable? The entire world yearning to be free and prosperous?" That is what I meant by helping people in other regions. Show them a good example, and a step further, give them aid in the form of food or medicine or money etc., IF they are making an effort to join the civilized world. I am agianst proping up dictatorships for the most part. We may need to do that in one or two cases if the alternative gov't is worse than what we are taking out. Thanks for your thouhgts. Scott