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Originally Posted by Seabound
Do you intend to deliberately mislead, or are you just expressing your cynicism? Because everyone knows Obama has signed an executive order to close the Guantanamo detention facility within a year. And Bush actually neglected Afghanistan, that's why it's now necessary to shore up the troops there.
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Cynicism.
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Originally Posted by Seabound
You want screw-ups? How about the response to Hurricane Katrina for one?
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How is that Bush's scewup? Are you referring to FEMA? Well, let me be the first to tell you that the "M" stands for MANAGEMENT, which is what FEMA is supposed to do. The actual work is supposed to be done by state and local authorities, which had collapsed under the pressure.
And how much of your opinion is based on fact instead of the media's FUD?
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Originally Posted by Seabound
Oh, forsooth! I hardly think Bush's predecessor or successor would have conjured invading Iraq under the pretense of Iraq's capability for producing weapons of mass destruction, and for the promotion of which he sent his loyal secretary of state to the U.N. security council to make a dramatic (non)presentation of the case for the existence of such weapons, in seeming contradiction to the report of the chief U.N. weapons inspector. A presentation which I watched and, having done so, made me scratch my head for I saw nothing convincing in the presentation. Criticizing Bush's actions, motivations, mistakes, incompetence solely in the miserable light of his two-term presidency is a perfectly valid thing to do.
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Well first of all, go ahead and ignore about most the reasons why we invaded Iraq and focus on the one that fooled everyone. Also, please feel free to ignore the fact that Clinton also wanted regime change in Iraq, which is why the sanctions were kept and strengthened for his 8 years in office.
What would you have Bush do instead? I see that he only had 3 options: relax the sanctions, continue them indefinitely, or invade. To relax the sanctions after 8 years would let Saddam win, and be a sign of weakness. To keep the sanctions indefinitely would hurt the Iraqis and not affect Saddam. This leaves us with invasion.