No actually the GOP Congress has done just that for 10 years as much as the DEMs but nobody bothers to see why. Be back in later to defend what I posted but I can defend it.
I replied:No actually the GOP Congress has done just that for 10 years as much as the DEMs but nobody bothers to see why. Be back in later to defend what I posted but I can defend it.
Ok now I will tell you why. Ever since the GOP took the majority in both houses in 1995 they have sat on their hands just like the DEMs doing not one iota to help our troops nor rebuild our military. The End Strength Troop Numbers are the same today as they were in 1996. They were not raised even when on 9/11 our nation was attacked. I can point to example after example of readiness issues even up to and after 9/11 that were the responsibility of congress to correct.
With the GOP's habit of keeping {should have retired years ago RINO's} in key Chairmanships our military did not get the attention it needed and deserved. In 2000 Bush stated in the debates {links available upon request} that our troops were over-deployed, over extended, and should not be used for nation building purposes. That any war must also have a clear objective and exit strategy as well.
What was the nationality of the 9/11 attackers? Who was the Iranian hijacker? When did the United States become the enforcement branch of the United Nations? Did you even bother to read the Congressional Resolution of the Authorization of Force in Iraq? Can you show me where in it we declared war on Iraq? Where we declared war on Iraq even for strictly our own national interest? It isn't there.
At least two good and fine Conservatives in Congress as of late have become targets of letter writing Freepers who didn't even take 10 precious minutes to read the reasoning of the congress critters they were flaming. One being Ron Paul the other being Jimmy Duncan. Both are right.
We had better reasons for invading Yemen than we did Iraq as well as Saudi Arabia and even the UAE. Saddam was ruthless but remember this about him his own people allowed him to remain their beloved dictator. When we leave Iraq be it next month, next year or 50 years the Radical Islamic Clerics whom that nation listens to will install one as evil as him to take his place. Iraq is in a Civil War and we are a fourth party in it.
To many in here this is more about persons being labeled traitors for saying a Bush is wrong. I say Bush was wrong the very second he turned Iraq into a nation building project rather than solely a military mission.
That being the case I would not have any problems voting for Ron Paul and I am very pro-military/pro-troops.
We need to bring a swift military end in Iraq and personally if it means taking out everything they could ever again use to build weapons or so much as a nut and bolt then fine. We need to give our troops a highly deserved rest and begin seriously rebuilding our military rather than having Republicans and DEMs give empty promises which is what all of them including Bush has done. Bush abandoned the very beliefs he ran on and adopted the same policies of Clinton he condemned.
It's a sad day when good Constitutional Rooted Conservative Congressmen are drug through the mud for reminding us all of what being such actually means. I'll vore for Paul, I'll vore for Tancredo, or I'll vote third party for the third POTUS election in a row. But I will not vote for any more business as usual Republicans.