Crossroads of a nation-Why we need Bush to win

I don't know what you mean, O'Bill. What's worse than being called a traitor? Has Bush been called a traitor? Sheesh, if he'd been called a traitor, then, we'd likely have Homeland Security down our throats.

Again, I say, come here as a newbie with a big agenda and don't start whining if you receive the welcome you deserve.

Bullhonky Bill! McG and Tarantula used to haze every lefty newbie in here. You have selective memory. Those whose self importance outstrips their opinions will always be set on...no matter whether they're starboard or port.

Kerry is going to win this election. Bush needs to go, because he is currently the most dangerous imbecile to be allowed into the Oval Office. His Daddy has helped him in EVERY aspect of his life; the National Guard; P.U.L.L.; getting on the Board of Directors for Harken; getting into Yale; etc., etc., etc. Judging by how this man operates, communicates, and destroys the english language every time he opens his mouth, it is no surprise that he is not running this country. When 60% of Republicans still believe Saddam had a hand in 9/11, it's understandable that they would believe whatever bullshit their illustrious leaders tell them,
because it's been Karl Rove and Dick Cheney who have been running this stunning failure of a presidential sideshow, and it's time for all of these imcompetent, lying morons to go.

Bush needs to go, because he is currently the most dangerous imbecile to be allowed into the Oval Office. His Daddy has helped him in EVERY aspect of his life; the National Guard; P.U.L.L.; getting on the Board of Directors for Harken; getting into Yale; etc., etc., etc.

In his memoir, "A World Transformed," written five years ago, George Bush Sr. wrote the following to explain why he didn't go after Saddam Hussein at the end of the Gulf War.

"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq.... There was no viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles. Furthermore, we had been consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."

In his memoir, "A World Transformed," written five years ago, George Bush Sr. wrote the following to explain why he didn't go after Saddam Hussein at the end of the Gulf War.

"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq.... There was no viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles. Furthermore, we had been consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."

The Cheney/Rove fantasy is getting old.. Really..

deja f*cking vu...

In a 1996 Frontline Special on The Gulf War General Norman Schwarzkoph spoke these prophetic words.

Gen. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF: On the question of going to Baghdad_ if you remember the Vietnam war, we had no international legitimacy for what we did. As a result, we, first of all, lost the battle in world public opinion. Eventually, we lost the battle at home.

In the Gulf war, we had great international legitimacy in the form of eight United Nations resolutions, every one of which said, "Kick Iraq out of Kuwait." Did not say one word about going into Iraq, taking Baghdad, conquering the whole country and- and hanging Saddam Hussein. That's point number one.

Point number two- had we gone on to Baghdad, I don't believe the French would have gone and I'm quite sure that the Arab coalition would not have gone. The coalition would have ruptured and the only people that would have gone would have been the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

And, oh, by the way, I think we'd still be there. We'd be like a dinosaur in a tar pit. We could not have gotten out and we'd still be the occupying power and we'd be paying 100 percent of all the costs to administer all of Iraq.