Posted on 09/26/2001 2:02:39 PM PDT by Heisenburger
"Let me tell to what I won't do. I won't fire a two million dollar missile into a ten dollar empty tent and hit a camel in the ass."
By your repudiation of Bush and his policies, may I also assume that you are wholly in favor of 'firing a two million dollar missile into a ten dollar empty tent and hitting a camel in the ass'?
You must be a master of tactics and modern war...
Yeah, but we didn't ask for everyone's permission to kill the Japanese either.
Don't you think you owe your President the patience, and loyalty, to see how it plays out?I owe him nothing. He is my servant.
Oooookay.... Seek help
I understand that saying he won't do bad action A does not mean he will do good action B. Indeed, he may not fire a missile at a camel's ass, but he might not fire one at an Arab's ass either.
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I mean, you're cutt'en and running after only two weeks. Show some patience and resolve. We're all somewhat apprehensive about what the future holds, but this sudden move of yours is totally irrational. Have some faith in President Bush and show some courage!
Right now, real patriotic Americans have put aside their differences and are united behind President Bush and support him during this critical time of national tragedy. America has been attacked and American's have been killed. We have a common cause to rally around and a common foe to fight. And we have but one President.
I think President Reagan would have handled this entire situation, just as President Bush is doing today. Bush has shown a cool head and calm demeanor. But the President has also displayed a firm hand and is determined to see that justice will be served in the end. This war on terrorism has only begun and it will take years to achieve the goals that President Bush has laid out in recent days. Theres also a chance that this conflict will never really end. This isn't something that requires a quick fix. That won't work. Its a slow and methodical process that requires guts and courage. Bush has the guts and courage to see it through.
The question is, do you have the guts and courage to see this through?
Would you rather Bush be like Klintoon and lob a few cruise missles so yoou can get off on seeing a few buildings explode on CNN?
Be patient, and have a little faith. The adults are in charge now, and they want to get it right the first time.
I suggest reading the Declaration of Independence or familiarizing yourself with John Locke and the social contract. Those who govern are the servants of their citizens.
If you don't believe him, or trust what he says, why in the world did you support and vote for him?
Heck...just tell 'em what you are going to do. "We are going to do an option to the right side. You try to stop us."
Reagan wouldn't have made a peacenik his Secretary of State.
I don't like these Arab dictatorships and monarchies any more than the next man, but the only reason to continue to deal with them I can think of is "you know the game is fixed, but it's the only one in town." We do need to decrease dependence on foreign oil. (just as aside, Japan depends on Middle Eastern oil more than we do).,
If these Arab leaders are pushed out of power, then we would have to eventually deal with several Taliban type governments. Democracy wouldn't last long in these countries as our liberals have demonstrated how easy it is to derail good government, through playing up class envy, blackmail, and exploiting voter apathy.
The great British statesman, Edmund Burke, in 1774, cautioned the voters of Bristol: Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
And so did the journalist Walter Lippman believe that our elected officials should be leaders, not just agents, when he wrote that Effective government cannot be conducted by legislators who, when a question is presented, ask themselves first and last not what is the truth and which is the right and necessary course, but What does the Gallup Poll say?
I like it better this way; let's wait and see how it all turns out.
Give me a break. We didn't do anything for what, four months after Pearl Harbor?Yeah, but we didn't ask for everyone's permission to kill the Japanese either.
We haven't asked for "everyone's permission" this time either, you twit. Heck, we haven't even asked *anyone's* permission.
What we have done is recruit allies to join us in the fight -- just like we did in WW II.
Pearl Harbor was hit on December 7, 1941. On January 1 1942 we signed with the 25 other allied nations on the Declaration of the United Nations. I guess you would have wanted us to tell them to screw off if you had been around in 1942...
On January 26, 1942, the first American troops arrived on the shores of England, our *ally* -- I guess if you had been in charge, you'd have just landed them straight on the shores of Germany and made a solo push for Berlin, eh?
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