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

To: Bill who wrote (535466)	2/4/2004 5:05:03 PM
From: Gus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Tortured nuances and hair-splitting distinctions without differences are the telltale signs of a fevered mind still looking to rationalize away the disturbing reality that his or her instincts about Communism (and probably radical Islam too) and how to fight and win against those threats were so very wrong.<g> Fortunately, that process is circular and will never end!

To: Bill who wrote (535466)	2/4/2004 5:17:29 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Bill, Actually, I like the guy. He was a thoroughly personable fella and told a great joke. He was better than The Old Ranger on "Death Valley Days" (though out of place on GE Theater, which had a bit too much class for him) and he was the best pitchman Chesterfield Cigarettes ever had ("This Christmas, Jane and I are giving Chesterfields to all of our friends"). I just find it funny that Neocons can ignore The Truman Doctrine, The Marshall Plan, Nato, SEATO, OAS, the creation of the CIA, the creation of my old employer, the NSA, the Korean War, the Berlin Airlift, the movement of troops into Iran to prevent a Soviet Invasion, The Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Nixon's China Policy, Kennedy and Nixon's warnings on Quemoy and Matsu, etc., and give all the credit for winning the cold war to one man. I think Reagan's reckless defense spending and conviction to destroy "the evil empire" certainly deserve a lot of kudos in the crusade that was the cold war. But the fact is, he didn't win The Cold War any more than Harry Truman, or Churchill or Stalin won WWII.