Thank you.
BDS on the right is even worse than what we see on the left. Bush was not to my liking on the domestic front, but on foreign policy he was exceptional.
In addition to killing a great many terrorists he started the process of creating representative govt in the middle east (other than Israel). Also, he opened greater relations with India. Remarkable feats that I pray 0 doesn't destroy.
“BDS on the right is even worse than what we see on the left.”
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All the money and men we spent in creating an Islamic “Democracy” in Iraq was a total waste of time and lives. Our objective was to remove a dangerous regime, not to wetnurse another unstable Islamic state which has produced more misery for the Christian minorities there than its predecessor. If you think Iraq will break the pattern of other Islamic political entities once we pull out, you are as naive and historically ignorant as Bush II.
As for Iraq, you and BO are on the same wavelength. That alone should make you reconsider your views.
Our main objective in that part of the world should be overthrowing the current Iranian government, not creating a clone of Iraq in Afghanistan.
As long as Muslims are Muslims and the Koran is interpeted in a traditional manner, there will be no accomodation between Islam and modern concepts of human dignity, freedom, and tolerance. It won’t happen. Not ever.
The best we can do is to try and make sure that the Islamic thugs running governments important to us are pro-American.
To expect anything more is idiotic.