I hold many hard-line republican beliefs, yet I am just as concerned by George Bush as I am with John Kerry.
This was a powerful letter detailing the important legacy of the thousands of Vietnam veterans who served with honor. I do not believe John Kerry to be a great man - far from it.
However, when I see General Anthony Zinni on TV saying that Iraq war was not an urgent matter, I mistrust our current president as well. General Zinni, an absolutely legendary Marine, echoes the opinion of many Americans that the Iraq was, while it may have been inevitable, was not urgent.
The attacks of 2001 posed our current president with a challenge completely unique in US history. His urgency to enter the war can be seen as a reaction to those attacks or an outgrowth of his personal ideology of pre-emptive strikes, democracy by force, etc...
Was anyone else disturbed to see so much growth in the size of our government? The tax cuts we so prize are going to disappear if we invest in 'shadow governments' and new beaureaus in the cabinet...
I am proud to say that I believe in a strong military, a strong stance of leadership, and a smaller government. As a result, I wish I didn't have to choose between these candidates. I just don't trust either of them at all.
Are there any more DemocRAT talking points you would like to incorporate in this thread?
The fact is, Johncbrown, is that the attack on the World Trade Center occurred on September 11, 2001... the attack on Iraq began in mid March of 2003, Eighteen months later! Some "urgency"...