08-11-2003, 10:41 PM
Quote:I actually like Bush's foreign policy, it's a almost a paradigm shift from our previous policy of sticking our fingers in our collective ears and saying La-La-La-La-I-Cant-Hear-You-La-La-La-La. It's essentially do what we think is right or pay. The only hangup is the Saudis, because we can't think of a way to make them get in line that won't get thousands of innocent Saudis killed. I agree that it is a little stupid of Bush to favour (regards crx) them over everyone else, but we'll see where this goes in time. History is the greatest judge of characterAnd I think history will show that George W. Bush is one of our worst presidents ever.
Yes, action is necessary when there is a genuine threat to our country. 9/11 proved that there are threats out there. But while Afghanistan is still in ruins, why focus our troops on the maybe, possibly, might-be-a-threat-if-we-reeeeeeeeeally-stretch-the-truth Iraq? And in doing so, we pissed off our allies, gave the real terrorists more ammunition against us, and pretty much ignored Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Forgotten. Now we've got an occupation that's getting our soldiers killed on a daily basis, costing us billions of dollars while our economy is very weak, and now we have to deal with Islamic militants flooding back into Iraq.
Not to mention that this war was planned out in 1998 - 3 years before the 9/11 attacks. Link
It was never about weapons or terrorist connections - that was just the excuse given by our government, because people are still scared shitless so anything done in the name of fighting terrorism is automatically justified, whether or not it really IS fighting terrorism.