W did what was right. Not what was good for the GOP.
“W did what was right. Not what was good for the GOP. “
I disagree. One can argue over the wisdom of Iraq and Afghanistan as executed. We focused more on nationbuilding, and less on killing terrorists. While maybe it seemed “right” to give Iraqi’s the benefit of our wealth with no strings attached, it was exactly the wrong thing from the taxpayer’s perspective. We could have prosecuted a war on terrorism without trying to do the impossible - installing a self-perpetuating democracy in a Muslim nation.
W may have done what he thought was right, but the result was not only not good for the GOP and freedom, but the future of the republic.
A conservative would not have pursued the course W did.
All this is academic, until we get the inevitable repressive anti-American islamic regimes in both Iraq and Afghanistan. These folks are not our friends - and that will become clear now that our credit card (the one funding the party) has been declined at the bar.
that, of course, is a matter of view
I just finished Pat Buchanan's latest book, Day of Reckoning and I am not at all sure I can agree with any part of your comment, ( above)
all votes count
and about the strongest way any of us can say "NONE OF THE ABOVE" is to vote 3d party. This is the real path to change.
Voting "A" means the last 4 years was OK; give me more of the same. It was not OK
Voting for "B" means I want to return to the failed politics of an earlier generation. There is no reason any intelligent person would want to do that
My protest vote will be counted and will appear in the total when we roll it up. and is says none of the above -- it is time for a real change.