Posted on 02/18/2003 8:48:58 AM PST by 1Old Pro
Can we face the truth?
These peacenick protestors who can't explain why they are against a war saying:
They don't have any serious arguments for opposition.
The fact is, they are ANTI-BUSH FIRST, ANTI-AMERICAN SECOND, and protesting the war just gives them a reason to publicaly oppose Bush.
I recently called in a local talk radio show where the host was debating to protestors. They had no arguments, just platitudes. I asked them if they weren't so much anti-war as they were anti-Bush. I asked them if they voted for Bush, of course they did not. They "bristeled" at the question because they were flushed out.
Bottom line, the "protestors" are mainly Gore voters and Nadar voters who want to protest Bush. The war gives them that vehivle to protest. If protestors were polled, 99% would have to admit they they did not vote for Bush. If the anti-war movement had any good reasons to oppose war they would be more like 50%-50% voting for Bush.
CONCLUSION: what we have here is anti-Bush, anti-American protestors. Ask them if they voted for Bush and find out for yourself.
Presicely why we have to take the offensive on this. Who would have ever guessed the technology advances 60 years ago we are seeing today. Pre-emptive stikes might not have been a precident in the past, but as with all precidents, it has to be established somewhere. Do you really know what our government has learned from their investigations? For the most part, our government has reacted in the best interest of our country. If we allow the middle east to develop and USE this technology without us interveening, who's to say what may happen. What's the computer law? Every 18 months computer's douple their capacity, or something like that. If we sit back, who's to say our enemies will not advance quicker than us. Russia surpassed us in weapons until we beat them economically.
It's a far SAFER place than it was 50 years ago
Is it? We, the United States have been very good at protecting our people and our way of life. If we don't tap into the newest resources available, who's to say what our enemies will try to do, and to use against us. I firmly believe our government sources have much more information at their hands than they are letting us know. Is that good? Yes and no. If you look at most of the technological advances available to the public, most have occured through government research and development.
Ask yourself this, when did our government every make a critical decision that affected our constitution to the detriment of this nation and to render it obsolete? I trust this admin more than a gore or clinton admin. We have good people looking out for the best interest of our country. We have to trust someone. I would not trust gore.
Ya know, on any given day half of FR might be considered "Anti-Bush"
You gonna do a vanity on them also?
And you can bet your britches that if Bill Clinton had bombed the dickens out of Iraq in 1998 none of these Bush hating demonstrators, celebrities, and other assorted lefties would have raised an eyebrow, much less a protest placard.
Paraphrasing, "the protesters were all about hating America and the President". Try and catch the re-run. Worth it.
But, maybe they were more interested in the lies and do not recalls of the great Clinton's Federal Grand Jury testimony, or post impeachment celebration which just so happened to coincide with his frequent bomb flicking.
You are demanding a level of forensic proof that is impossible to provide given the circumstances. There was absolutely no proof whatsoever that the Germans were exterminating the Jews other than the fact that everyone was pretty confident that that was what was going on. Proof - incontrovertible proof - of the planned crimes of fascist regimes can only come after we invade them or after they attack us. That is nature of the world we live in. The stakes of the game after 9/11 are so high that wating to find out what people like Hussein are going to do next has suddenly become the worse option.
The U.S. was never able to pin anything other than tax evasion on Al Capone. Imagine the difficulty if Capone had had his own country. "Innocent until proven guilty" is a fine principle to apply to an individual. It is a terrible principle to apply to fascist regimes pursuing an atom bomb.
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