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.
MSM: A CULTURE OF TREASON!
A friend of mine who is a Nam Vet was just saying today, that if we had the same press in WWII as we do now, the debate would have been when to pull out of Europe because we can't take any more casualties and why were we fighting Germnany when we were attacked by Japan.......
Need I add that our major language might be German or Japanese as well?
EV is WAAAY off base here.........and if he's honest with himself, he'll admit it.
Greatness has absolutely nothing to do with being a smooth talker.
You forgot your sarcasm tag...
You are bringing up the trivial, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the greatness of either man.
Hey newbie. Take a deep breath.
Sorry you didn't get it.
The point is that the entire premise of this piece is foolishness.
Read the verse again.
bttt
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NEVER FORGET
Praise GOD that...
President BUSH has promised...
Freedom's return to:
Communist Cuba
Communist Vietnam
Communist North Korea
as well as
Freedom's arrivial to:
All the countries of the Middle East
...as America's own best self protection against future terrorist attacks here at home.
NEVER FORGET
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Except TEFRA. He got hoodwinked on that one.
GWB will go down in history as a foreign policy hero (except maybe where Israel is concerned) by that could be cancelled out by the Mexican time-bomb currently set to go off in a generation. If we end up looking like france with a huge underclass of restless Mexicans, it will be trouble.
No I'm not.
I've watched the Bush political team favor RINOs and RINO policies for the last six years. They've made it a point to attack conservatives and to try to marginalize them. I'm sick of it.
Ronald Reagan didn't do that. He actively raised up a whole new generation of conservative leaders...which is why George W. Bush was ever even President.
In their ingratitude, Karl Rove and company continue to dismantle the powerful GOP coalition with both hands.
Most of the rest of his domestic policies have stunk up the place, too.
bin Laden, himself, pointed to Reagan's pullout in Lebanon, as well as Clinton's pullout in Somalia, as a sign that America would not fight.
Bush disregards sound military advice, unless you consider Rumsfeld one of the great ground commanders in history. He also lacks the will to prosecute a war. Fallujah should have been leveled by artillery. Bush will go down in history just like LBJ. A free-spending Texan, who fought an unpopular war according to his own concept, while setting the stage for runaway inflation ten years down the road.
This is preposterous. Bush allows the MILITARY to fight the war. He trusts the men on the ground. As to will, had this been Reagan, or Clinton, our troops would be out by now, and Iraq would be in complete and total chaos.
Your economic ignorance is astounding as well, as there is no evidence that inflation will ever to return to the extent it did under Jimmy Carter, who had no deficit.
Reagan did intimidate the Soviets, but it was George H.W. Bush who sent in the ground troops in 1991. One wonders if Reagan, after Lebanon, would have had the will to do it.
Is this guy nuts? The next Reagan? Reagan was one of the top 5 Presidents of all time. Please don't insult my intelligence by placing Bush in that same class. He's marginal at best - better than Clinton and Bush 1, worse than Reagan and Coolidge.
LOL!! Says EV, who backed a Senate candidate in 2004 who supported reparations for slavery.
Coolidge? LOL!!!
If you really listen to President Bush, he DOES communicate with the people...
Unfortunately, so many people listen with the goal of picking him apart...rather than listen to what he has to actually say...
Also..the media is pretty complicit in that problem, because they seem to have a HUGH disregard for his speeches and town hall type meetings..
It is darn near impossible to see them...
I guess you backed Obama, then.
Count me three!!
I didn't back anybody. I don't live in Illinois.
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