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To: skinowski who wrote (262345)	8/20/2008 11:59:23 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 794035

It is possible to identify ideologies and movements which have the potential to become huge problems. Bush was able to do that. This is a fact and if one looks, historically, at Saddam's actions, it is easy to conclude he had that kind of potential -- - The Iran/Iraq war - The invasion of Kuwait - The chronic cat-and-mouse games with the US after the Gulf War ceasefire - The related lack of cooperation with the IAEA during the same time These are all indicators that Saddam wasn't content with his little dictatorship and that he had intentions reaching beyond Iraq. The concept of political courage is one that is totally lost on today's liberals. When JFK wrote "Profiles in Courage", he clearly understood the concept -- that sometimes, doing what is unpopular politically is the RIGHT thing to do. I believe that ultimately Bush's decisions will be vindicated. He has been labeled the "worst president in history" -- an honor which may ultimately be reserved for Jimmy Carter. Bush's biggest failing, IMO, has been his inability to communicate clearly with the American people. More specifically, setting up the Iraq war as being about WMD when there were a TON of other reasons to do it, was a big mistake. We're going to have to pay for that mistake in the coming weeks as McCain is pummeled by Obama with negative advertising about what a mistake it was to have gone into Iraq. It is too late to make the case that now to the American public that it was the right thing to do for reasons other than WMD. They simply WILL NOT GET IT. But there are 10 good reasons, any one of which would have provided adequate rationale for invading another country -- that is, if the invading force were any nation other than the US. At any rate, the 30% approval rate notwithstanding, it takes a lot of years for people to be able to admit they were wrong on something like this. Whether it is 20, 50, 100 probably doesn't matter to me (I KNOW 50 or 100 won't ;).