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

To: willcousa who wrote (454493)	9/8/2003 10:55:45 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

As bad as Clinton was, the Repubs never rooted against America when they were out of power.

To: willcousa who wrote (454493)	9/8/2003 11:05:49 AM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Bush should have delivered his pathetic begging message for more money while on his knees...... The UN now has the "opportunity and responsibility" to get into this mess! AHAHAHAHAHAHA What a pathetic sniveling address for more funds for his Vietnam legacy that is now getting into full swing and moreof his lies about the Al Qaeda ties with Saddam.......what a crock....that is one that even HIS spin meisters can't back up CC

To: willcousa who wrote (454493)	9/8/2003 11:09:19 AM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Ex-Envoy Criticizes Bush's Postwar Policy By Thomas E. Ricks A former U.S. commander for the Middle East who still consults for the State Department yesterday blasted the Bush administration's handling of postwar Iraq, saying it lacked a coherent strategy, a serious plan and sufficient resources. "There is no strategy or mechanism for putting the pieces together," said retired Marine Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, and so, he said, "we're in danger of failing." In an impassioned speech to several hundred Marine and Navy officers and others, Zinni invoked the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in the 1960s and '70s. "My contemporaries, our feelings and sensitivities were forged on the battlefields of Vietnam, where we heard the garbage and the lies, and we saw the sacrifice," said Zinni, who was severely wounded while serving as an infantry officer in that conflict. "I ask you, is it happening again?" Zinni's comments were especially striking because he endorsed President Bush in the 2000 campaign, shortly after retiring from active duty, and serves as an adviser to the State Department on anti-terror initiatives in Indonesia and the Philippines. He preceded Army Gen. Tommy R. Franks as chief of the U.S. Central Command, the headquarters for U.S. military operations in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. This was not the first time he has broken with the administration. He was publicly skeptical last winter of the decision to attack Iraq. Underscoring how much his views have changed since 2000, he implied that the Bush administration is now damaging the U.S. military in the way that Bush and Vice President Cheney during that campaign charged that the Clinton administration had done. "We can't go on breaking our military and doing things like we're doing now," he said. He also questioned the Bush administration's decision in January to have the Pentagon oversee postwar efforts in Iraq. "Why the hell would the Department of Defense be the organization in our government that deals with the reconstruction of Iraq?" he asked. "Doesn't make sense." In addition, he criticized the administration for not working earlier and harder to win a U.N. resolution that several nations have indicated is a prerequisite to their contributing peacekeeping troops to help in Iraq. "We certainly blew past the U.N.," he said. "Why, I don't know. Now we're going back hat in hand." Zinni's comments to the joint meeting in Arlington of the U.S. Naval Institute and the Marine Corps Association, two professional groups for officers, were greeted warmly by his audience, with prolonged applause at the end. Some officers bought tapes and compact discs of the speech to give to others. CC

To: willcousa who wrote (454493)	9/8/2003 11:41:32 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Time to drop "Clinton recession" from the lexicon. That is inaccurate. Yes the last six months of Clinton's 8 years we started sliding as the inflated stock market crashed, after 7 years of good times (so give Clinton credit not blame)but we also had the Bushie phony energy crisis cutting in then and Greenspan raising interest rates. The Florida debacle hurt confidence as Bushies cheated to get in. Bush ignored the falling markets, even seemed to want them to fall, talking about "we're in a recession", if you remember. Then the Bushie energy crisis continued until Jeffords switched parties. By then, The Bush Factor had hit the markets and economy hard and there was great malaise and uneasiness everywhere, globally in fact. Basically, the markets realized something very wrong had happened and that a huge adjustment would need to be made. 9-11 was a huge legit problem for Bush, but it's been two years since then and has he made things worse or better? Hard to tell. The stock market has revived some, but more and more people are losing their jobs and deficits are through the roof. No end in sight. Loss of jobs are much more grave a problem than a technical recession. That's what a lot of Bushies don't seem to understand. Clinton created some 20 million jobs. Bush has lost 3.5. Not the Great depression but not good at all, especially with all the spending Bush is doing, historic spending.