Posted on 06/04/2006 2:24:14 PM PDT by nuconvert
Bush is the Next Reagan
Jun 4, 2006
Slater Bakhtavar - Persian Journal
The same people who heavily criticized former President Reagan for his tough stance against Communism and for his aggressive push for democracy in Eastern Europe are now attacking President Bush for his tough stance against fundamentalism and his aggressive push for democracy in the Middle East.
-They argued then that Communism would never fall - it did They argue now that Islamic Fundamentalism will never fall - it will
-They argued then that the Soviet Union is too strong - it wasn't
They argue now that the insurgency is too strong - it isn't
-They argued that Reagans vision of democracy in East Europe would never work - it did
They argue now that Bushs vision of democracy for the mid-east would never work - it will
They argued then that Reagans evil empire speech was a failure - it wasn't
They argue now that Bushs axis of evil speech is a failure - it won't be
-They argued then that former soviet bloc countries wouldn't embrace democracy - they did
They argue now that middle east countries would never embrace democracy - they will
-They argued then that Eastern Europeans nations would never be our allies - they are
They argue now that middle eastern countries will never be our allies - they will be
-They argued then that people without God could never embrace democracy - they did
They argue now that Muslims will never embrace democracy - they will
-They argued then that President Reagan was unrealistic - he wasn't
They argue now that President Bush is unrealistic - he'll prove he isn't
-They argued then democracy isn't universal to former Communists - it was
They argue now democracy isn't universal to Middle Easterners - it will be
-They argued then that funding of pro-democracy groups in Eastern European countries won't work - it did
They argue now that funding of pro-democracy groups won't work in the Middle East - it will
The same exact critcism was directed at Reagan. The future will be the judge of President Bush and my guess is that he will be judged as the Great Liberator of the Middle East.
[sarcasm] During his first campaign Reagan said he'd abolish the Department of Education. But he never did! He lied! He wa'nt no conservative no-how![sarcasm off]
I have NO idea, but I can recognize a damed troll and a retread, at that, immediately. :-)
Well, THAT was entertaining.../sarc
Great catch! I guess it WAS birbear.
LOL
We took majority because of the pushing of Hellary care, the don't ask do tell and mostly because of the hight tax increase in 40 years that Clinton push throw .. it sure ticked off the Seniors
In fact my Congresswomen at the time .. 5 minutes before the vote swore she would vote against it .. and then went in and voted for the stupid thing
She was later known as One Term Margie
Today her son in known as Chelsea Clinton's boyfriend
So old birbear thought he'd 'teach freepers a lesson' eh? Those guys are SO pathetic!
If you think LP is bad, go try out Clownposse. That is where the LP rejects go.
I'm guessing from his writing style that he's not even out of college yet. Probably from a California public school. ;)
"Reagan gave us Sandra Day O'Connor..........who supported PBA"
That was a bad pick for sure.
I am not so sanguine that Islam can be as easily uprooted and tossed on the ash-heap of history as Communism was. Still the point about Bush's critics is sound: they are the same folks who were wrong at every turn in the end-game of the Cold War, and they haven't even given us a "gee, we were wrong, sorry. . ." and now they expect us to take their analyses of the present conflict seriously?
I have a hard enough time dealing with the clowns when they visit us here. Unleashed, I can't imagine how filthy they are....
They HATE FR, but would sell their souls to be reinstated.
Are you beginning to catch on here? Get yourself educated on the history of conservativism, and get your facts straightened out?
Go figure...........................
For a site they claim to hate and never want to come back too, they sure as heck devote a lot of their energies trying to trash it.
We must make them terribly uncomfortable with all that angst they carry around. ;)
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