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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: techguerrilla who wrote (24628)	8/8/2003 8:44:04 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

LOL! Wow...that was profound....

To: techguerrilla who wrote (24628)	8/8/2003 8:52:30 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

<<...Bush will beat Bush ...>> Yup...He's working overtime on it. Bush's lies and deceptions may beat Bush. Here are some interesting insights from a California newspaper... ___________________________ After suggesting different justifications for war, the administration finally chose freeing the Iraqi people. While seeking votes in his 2000 debates with Al Gore, George W. Bush criticized the use of force in both Somalia and Haiti, saying those humanitarian missions turned into nation-building. So why is the mission to free the Iraqi people and install a puppet Cabinet subject to U.S veto power justified as our soldiers become constables and targets for people who never asked for our help? Bush also stated that an exit strategy is a vital consideration in any decision to use U.S. force. So how long will U.S. soldiers remain in Iraq, how much will the operation cost, how will we transfer power? Those questions were never answered before we rushed to war, now replaced with an ever-shifting marketing strategy using whatever justification is most politically expedient and financially rewarding for Bush and his closest campaign donors. In the second debate with Gore, Bush said, "I think one way for us to end up being viewed as the ugly American is for us to go around the world saying, 'We do it this way. So should you.' " Look in the mirror, Mr. President. - Michael Miller, Sacramento -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As a veteran, I find it hard to justify committing American soldiers where death may strike at any moment. It has been well known that Iraq used gas to murder innocent people. Only after our president's original justification started looking like political spin has the focus for going to war in Iraq become an issue of human rights. There must be a rationale for young Americans dying daily. Most of the political rationale for accepting increasing morality on the streets of Baghdad comes from people who escaped serving in the military and whose children aren't in uniform defeating liberty. Am I the only veteran who notices that few conservative politicians and fewer conservative dependents served our nation in uniform? Am I the only veteran who finds it offensive for those who would not serve to casually accept the death of Americans who serve? - Michael D. Johnson, Sacramento Cost-benefit analysis The active part of the Iraqi war cost us $10 billion a month. This is enough to outfit every American flag airplane with an antimissile defense system. The cost to stay in Iraq is $1 billion per week -- enough to give 1.3 million Americans a weekly paycheck of $750 to spend here at home. Was the war so much more important? Where are Bush's priorities? I question if this job is simply too much for him. If he were a CEO in the private sector, he would have been quickly replaced long ago. We trusted Bush that the threat to America was real and imminent. This was apparently a lie. He can have as much of his staff "fall on their swords" as he wants, but the responsibility is and will remain with Bush. Bush should go. - Jim Mahar, Folsom An expanding empire America may find itself in the same fatal spot as did the Roman Empire when it became obvious that the further Rome expanded, the more men and supplies and administrative problems increased: too much land to protect; too many people not loyal to the occupiers, and the expense of maintaining its far-flung empire, served only to weaken Rome. Its decline was inevitable. The administration and its handlers are falling into the same trap this very day. Many forces are at work to bring America down, from within and from without. The American people better wake up or our once wonderful country will be no more, and that is a terribly high price to pay. Bring our military people home. They don't need to be targets so that oil producers can wallow in their wealth. - Vilma Ralston, Folsom sacbee.com