Tuesday, November 7
Terrorism! It's the single issue for voting! NOT!
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Donald Sensing wrote:
I was talking on the phone a few weeks ago with a friend who said that the only issue that mattered to him this November is the war on terror. "If we don't get the war right," he said, "the Medicare prescription plan won't matter, Social Security won't matter, nothing else will matter."I don't think so.
Hence, The SF Examiner wonders whether Americans are sleepwalking into a gathering storm, much as the British did in the 1930s.OK! Let's bring in the Nazis! Goodwin's Law. Game over! Well, not for them obviously. And this isn't even in the comment section, but the main blog entry.This is indeed another time for choosing. Embattled Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said it well in a recent speech. "The war is at our doorsteps and it is fueled, figuratively and literally, by Islamic fascism nurtured and bred in Iran," Santorum warned. "… Many Americans are sleepwalking, just as they did before the world wars of the last century. They pretend it is not happening, that it all has to do with the errors of a single American administration, even of a single American president. … It's time to wake up."
Gee, the war on terrorism has gone from Iraq to Iran. Yep, that's exactly what he said.
Is the war in Iraq like Vietnam, as its opponents declare and its supporters deride? Hollywood screenwriter Dan Gordon says that after the Vietnam war, "No Viet Cong Followed Us Home." He's willing to grant any negative argument about the Bush administration that anyone wants to make.OK, let me get this straight. Dan Gordon says that Iraq probably had nothing to do with the war on terror, but there is definitely a situation there now. And it doesn't matter who's fault it is?And you don't like the war. You were lied to. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Bush and the neocons made it all up. They duped us. They duped you. They duped me. They duped Hillary and Kerry. They duped us all. Dupe, dupe, dupe, dupe, dupe. Done deal. Not only did they dupe us, but they dicked it up, made every mistake in the book.
Pick whatever argument you like. They should have had more troops. They should have had less troops. They should have listened to Chalabi. They shouldn't have listened to Chalibi. Bremer was right. Bremer was wrong. Rumsfeld's a bozo. Bozo could have done a better job. I'll sign on to any part of it you like. They said this is a part of the war on terror, and of course that's a lie too.
Ooops.
What do you mean, oops?
Well, what I mean is that part is actually true.
What part?
The part about Iraq being a part of the war on terror.
You've got to be kidding. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11! There was no connection between Iraq and Al-Qaeda!
Maybe not, but there is now.
Well, who's fault is that?
Doesn't matter.
What do you mean it doesn't matter?
I mean, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how we got there. It doesn't matter how you think you were lied to. It doesn't matter if you think there was a connection between Sadam and Al-Qaeda. The only thing that matters now is that both Al-Qaeda and Iran and the terrorist groups they back and inspire believe that Iraq is their decisive battle. They have chosen it as the place where they will defeat America, and unlike the Viet Cong, they will not stay put. They will follow us home.
Those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it.
Yes, it matters. It would be nice to be able to say, "It's your mess, clean it up!" But they aren't the ones that are cleaning it up. They are depending on our young soldiers to clean it up. And yes, I have two particular soldiers in mind, but they shouldn't be a factor. The ring leaders for this whole mess, — Bush, Cheney and Rove —, have seen zero action. Their asses should be over there as well. And quite frankly, so should all of the Congresscritters.
Besides, do I really believe that people that got us into this mess are actually going to get us out of it? I really don't think so.
Arguing that Terrorism (with a capital T) is the number one issue for voting today is absolute bullshit. Are we living in terror like Israel? Nope, not even close. Are we living in terror that our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are seeing? Nope, again, not even close.
No, I voted the entire Democrat ticket here in Florida, because I wanted to send a big message to the current Administration. Your behavior is atrocious, and I am willing to do everything in my power to trip you up, slow you down, and make you actually think about what the hell you are doing. If that is possible, and I really have my doubts that will happen regardless.
Do I want our troops pulled out post-haste? No, and I think the ones that are calling for that are in the minority. We're in this mess, and we are going to have get out of this mess carefully. I think the objective of getting our kids home is a good one. The time line is what needs to be figured out.
The Republicans are only offering more of the same. More of no planning for what happens next? I don't think so.
Should we be worried about terrorism? Hell yes! And the terrorism that I'm afraid of won't be coming from Muslim Islamofacists. The ones that I will be afraid of are the white Americans (of what bent, I can't even begin to predict) that will be the precursor to the 2nd American Civil War. This world isn't heading in a good direction, and neither is this nation. Relevant Link Permanent link posted by bytehead @ 11/07/2006 09:10:00 AM
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