We have no argument there, but 'more' does not mean 'the same as.'
"I suppose it could be argued," President Bush said to a friend, "that doing nothing is the next best thing to doing something." "Now," commented a small-town Idaho newspaper, "we can all sit back sans excitement--until China decides to down another of our planes."
Oh, wait, ROOSEVELT and the Idaho paper said something like that about JAPAN. And the JAPS apologized for sinking the Panay in JAP-held territory--intentionally--and then THEY paid reparations. WHEREAS the U.S. paid off the Chinese and apologized for China downing and stealing OUR plane--just as intentionally--in INTERNATIONAL waters.
No, there is no comparison between Bush and LBJ. But Buford Pusser would have stomped the shit out of China over that, and WE apologized and told them they could slice our plane up. That one blink has since set the tone in Asia--where the tigers all now look to China as their prime market and investor, and the military big dog in the region. And we sit and watch China build a navy to export its version of gunboat diplomacy.
We're in the appeasement stage. I just hope that what's left of the America I love survives the Taiwan Anschluss.
Well, I can agree that 'more like' doesn't mean 'same as'.
President Bush is by no means perfect. But I must tell you, in my opinion, compared to Clinton, Carter and LBJ, he is a VAST improvement over them, and there is no comparison to the Senator from my state, Hanoi John, who could have been President if not for the efforts of the Swift Boat Vets.
Compared to all three, Bush exudes class. Regardless of what the MSM and the Dems want Americans to think, Bush is no dummy. Compared to the "cerebral" Al Gore, Bush did much better in college. He may be as mean, petty and vindictive as Carter, but he doesn't let it show. I can't tell you how relieved I am not to have to pick up the paper and have scandal after scandal after scandal each day, as was the case in the Nineties. What Bush lacks in panache, he makes up for in sane moral stability, general straightforwardness and class.
As an example, visit my website at http://homepage.mac.com/rlmorel/iMovieTheater50.html and look at the video of the incident in South America where Bush stuck up for his Secret Service guy. Would Clinton or Carter EVER have done anything even remotely like that? The Clintons taught their kid to call the Secret Service "Trained Pigs". Guys who would give their life for a piece of crap like them.
Well, I just got off on a rant there. Sorry. Back on topic, I do agree that China is going to be a tough nut to crack, make no mistake. I think we are on a collision course.