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

To: stockman_scott who wrote (29456)	10/3/2003 12:49:54 AM
From: MrLucky	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

GWB essentially had two choices. Do nothing and see what actions Iraq, Al Quaida etc. might/would take to further damage our country. Or, take a preemptive step to get ahead of the bad guys. We all know he chose the later action. Now, GWB faces criticism for his "bad" choice. Wonder what criticism he would have received if he did nothing and we subsequently received another (of the many warnings) since the Marine barracks bombing during Carter's reign. Some might say that we don't know if there would be another attack. My suggestion is to merely count the number of attacks against us since Lebanon. With minor exception, we did nothing. IMHO, that has triggered the notion that the USA is weak and will ultimately cave in. Many citizens in this great country and throughout the world seem more than willing to do just that. A time comes when one has to take a stand. Even if it is unpopular. Those leaders who preceded GWB and held different viewpoints about preemptive actions are entitled to them. That was then and now is now. A comment about the security of the USA in 1954 is meaningless in terms of what goes on in the world today. BTW, had FDR and Ike taken a strong position with the USSR on the invasion of Berlin, General Patton would have easily handled that problem. This has caused me to believe that the construction of the Berlin Wall rests largely on the shoulders of the country's political and military leaders in 1944/45. FWIW.