Originally posted by spf2119I must not be much of a liberal, because there's not a single one of those things that I would call "Good" that are listed under Clinton.
As my conservative neighbor says - Bill Clinton was the best Republican President the country has seen in the last 30 years.
Originally posted by spf2119I must not be much of a liberal, because there's not a single one of those things that I would call "Good" that are listed under Clinton.
I think "good" is a bad word to use in order to get across the point the author is trying to make.
I would say "not criticized by Democrats" & "criticized by Democrats", would make the point more succinctly...
This is like a defense lawyer arguing that though his client committed a murder, just because O.J. got off, this killer should too.
The problem with you Americans is that you keep electing crappy presidents on both sides of the aisle. Why can't you get great public servants like....Paul...Martin.... *sob*
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If the difference between situations in Yugoslavia and Iraq aren't obvious to you, what else are you missing? I'm not saying Clinton didn't mess-up from time to time, but this is just plain prejudiced "Liberal" bashing:
Clinton (or his administation) did not start, invent, or manufacture the war in Yugoslavia. Sending peacekeeping forces with the full support of the UN is not the same as invading and concquering and concquering a country while spitting in the face of international law, like Bush did.
Bush's war in Iraq was whipped up from lies and fraudulent evidence, and W's over-developed sense of vengeance.
"Clinton bombs Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian terrorists - good..."
Uh, so when does "Christian" mean "good" and "Muslim" mean "terrorist"? This is such perverse, backward, prejudiced logic, I fear for your sanity.
"Clinton commits felonies while in office - good..."
I don't remember a conviction. Do you? Colorful history lesson here?
"Clinton says mass graves in Serbia - good... "Entire world says WMD in Iraq - bad... "No mass graves found in Serbia - good... "No WMD found Iraq - bad..."
Uh, these are just ugly lies, along the lines of holocaust denial. I direct you to the truth; here's what the "world" has said about mass grave in Serbia:
"Stock market crashes in 2000 under Clinton - good... "Economy on upswing under Bush - bad..."
Here's something basic. The Stock market and the economy are not the same thing. How's the unemployment rate in the US these days?
"Clinton refuses to take custody of Bin Laden - good... "World Trade Centers fall under Bush - bad..."
Clinton refused? When did he refuse? When did he have a clear opportunity to apprehend him?
"Clinton calls for regime change in Iraq - good... "Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad..."
Again, there's the whole "there's a right way and wrong way" debate. Does anyone think the USA is more safe from terror attacks now? All Bush has done is poke the hornet's nest with a stick, endangering millions of innocent people, some of whom have already been beheaded.
"Terrorist training in Afghanistan under Clinton - good... "Bush destroys training camps in Afghanistan - bad..."
Can we make a list of all the trouble spots in the World that Bush isn't dealing with? It will be a long list.
"Milosevic not yet convicted - good..." Due process in the world court.
"Saddam turned over for trial - bad..." International law? What international law?
Now, before you unlock your gun cabinet and head down to the book-burning party at the church, I urge you to consider the facts more closely.
Clinton's fumbling with the bin laden situation has been known for a long time, where have you been?
No Clinton wasn't convicted of anything, but he did lose his license to practice law in Arkansas, didn't he? I think that is pretty indicative of his guilt.
You say Bush is poking the hornet's nest? Good God, what will open your eyes. Didn't 911(and the Embassies and the USS Cole) show you that these people are going to attack us no matter what? We can't just appease them, they hate us and our way of life, they fear our freedom. They want to destroy us as much as they want to push Israel into the Sea.
Originally posted by StiltonClinton bombs Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian terrorists - good..."
Uh, so when does "Christian" mean "good" and "Muslim" mean "terrorist"? This is such perverse, backward, prejudiced logic, I fear for your sanity.
I do believe the operative word there was TERRORIST. Not Muslim or Christian. It's amazing how you ignored that word to try and make a racial point.
Originally posted by StiltonDoes anyone think the USA is more safe from terror attacks now? All Bush has done is poke the hornet's nest with a stick, endangering millions of innocent people, some of whom have already been beheaded.
Of course we are safer. Mainly because we are winning the war on terorr.
Originally posted by StiltonTerrorist training in Afghanistan under Clinton - good... "Bush destroys training camps in Afghanistan - bad..."
Can we make a list of all the trouble spots in the World that Bush isn't dealing with?
A fair point, as I have criticized the issues in the Sudan and Zimbabwe. Of course, neither country has threatened the United States(see Afghanistan, Iraq). It
Originally posted by Stilton"Milosevic not yet convicted - good..." Due process in the world court.
"Saddam turned over for trial - bad..." International law? What international law?
Hate to break it to you, butt there is not such thing as International Law.
Originally posted by StiltonNow, before you unlock your gun cabinet and head down to the book-burning party at the church, I urge you to consider the facts more closely.
Thank you for proving your ignorance for me.
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Originally posted by GrimisMainly because we are winning the war on terorr.
Yep, we can put that trophy right next to the one we got for winning the war on drugs.
When you say "win" you, no doubt, mean: "soldiers being killed almost daily by terrorists groups operating in Iraq."
I will say this again...It is IMPOSSIBLE to defeat a concept. You cannot win a war against an "-ism." You can kill people, you can bomb entire regions...You cannot defeat other people's hate for us.
There is only 2 ways to stop it...Genocide and breeding the insurgents out of existance. And those only work if you do it completely.
I guess those are the next battle tactics in the War on Terror
Please spare me of your over exaggerated illogical extremes, your conclusionary statements, and your lack of evidence.
Although Threep goes a bit farther than I would, I agree. The scariest part is the terrorists coming up now have been indoctrinated since birth about the evils of our country and Western democracies in general.
Unless we move away from our present policies and really work to understand what we are dealing with, the best we will ever do is minimize the terror.
Originally posted by DrDirtAlthough Threep goes a bit farther than I would, I agree. The scariest part is the terrorists coming up now have been indoctrinated since birth about the evils of our country and Western democracies in general.
Unless we move away from our present policies and really work to understand what we are dealing with, the best we will ever do is minimize the terror.
And that fact has nothing to do with Iraq. The fact of the matter is that Islamofascists have been training to commit terrorism on the west for a long time. This would have continue with our without Afghanistan, much less Iraq. May I direct your attention to the World Trade Center, Dar es Salaam, Kobar Towers, Nairobi, etc.
There are two ways to deal with this:
- Roll over and die(purported by certain liberal, the Spanish Government, and now the Filipino Government)
- Fight back(purported by Bush, Cheney, Kerry, Edwards and most of the civilized world)
What's disturbing about Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 is that both are classic propaganda. Events are shown out of order, suggesting conspiracy by confusing audiences about the sequence of events; events are shown out of context, edited to create an appearance differing from actual events; scenes of horror are intermixed with scenes of normalcy, suggesting all is horror; viewers are given no way of knowing what is fact, what is opinion, and what is made up. - Noted Warmonger Greg Easterbrook
Originally posted by GrimisThere are two ways to deal with this:
- Roll over and die(purported by certain liberal, the Spanish Government, and now the Filipino Government)
- Fight back(purported by Bush, Cheney, Kerry, Edwards and most of the civilized world)
The problem is not the act of fighting back which people are rebelling against. It's the act of not committing your resources where they might actually be doing something. I can get out of my cube at work and go punch my boss in the face and say that I am not rolling over and letting the terrorists win, and I think I will probably be almost as effective in ending terrorist threats to the U.S. as the act of being in Iraq is. I feel like we would be better off going into the Sudan and keeping that country from destabilizing to the point where it can be like Afghanistan and terrorist groups can set up their own fiefdoms to plot attacks from. We'd be better off going in and destroying the House of Saud. We'd be better off taking our troops into North Korea and ending their nuclear capability. We'd be better off committing the resources to help Russia and its former republics to a true full accounting of their nuclear arsenal. We'd be better off doing damn near anything other than Iraq. Instead we've lost over 1,000 of our soldiers and at the end of it I'm not sure we're not more at risk than when we started.
I'm going to be banned for this, but CRZ, I think you maybe a bit biased here. I know that Stilton was a bit out of line. However, most of Grimis posts are almost doing the same thing except hiding it behind ten dollar words. Plus, wasn't their a rule about linking stuff and not typing it out on the boards? I just don't like this board and when I do come here to see what is going on it feels like whatever the liberals say is treated harsher than what the conservatives say. Its just the way I see it.
Originally posted by ThreepMeIt is IMPOSSIBLE to defeat a concept. You cannot win a war against an "-ism."
Threep-
Didn't we go through this already?
You CAN defeat an "ism" you just have to have the will to do so. Communism/Marxism in the Soviet Union. Nazism in Germany. Imperialism in Japan.
Some were won with force some through economic strategies, but they were all defeated by the US. If we show the will to fight them & not cower behind the threat they pose, terrorism (specifically the states that support & sponsor it) will fail as well...
Originally posted by Von MaestroDidn't we go through this already?
You CAN defeat an "ism" you just have to have the will to do so. Communism/Marxism in the Soviet Union. Nazism in Germany. Imperialism in Japan.
Some were won with force some through economic strategies, but they were all defeated by the US. If we show the will to fight them & not cower behind the threat they pose, terrorism (specifically the states that support & sponsor it) will fail as well...
You can defeat a sovereign nation that abides by an "-ism", but you cannot defeat the ideal or the concept. There are still communists in this world, there are still people who believe in that idea. There are still hardliners in Russia.
We went into Afghanistan and (justifiably) disabled the Taliban's infrastructure that enabled Al Qaeda to operate, but we did not stop terrorism as a whole. I personally don't think that Al Qaeda exists today (at least, not as we knew it), but terrorist networks are all loosely linked and are not bound by an organized government, such as what existed in Russia and Germany.
At least with a government, there is accountability. The Taliban was accountable for Afghanistan. The USSR was accountable for Communist Russia. The Nazi regime was accountable for Germany. Al Qaeda is not the one, lone accountable terrorist group for all of terrorism. Possibly the best-funded with the best resources, but getting rid of Al Qaeda doesn't stop a Zarqawi or whoever from rising up in Iraq and beheading people. It doesn't stop a lone shoebomber on an airline.
With a collection of cells that don't always have anything to do with each other (except their core beliefs), there is no central system we can attack to permanently disable the enemy.
So, as long as these independent cells lack structure and an overt central point of communication, we really can't defeat them by sheer force alone or even through diplomacy with one terrorist cell. Once you get rid of one, several more pop up like insects.
Originally posted by ThreepMeIt is IMPOSSIBLE to defeat a concept. You cannot win a war against an "-ism."
Threep-
Didn't we go through this already?
You CAN defeat an "ism" you just have to have the will to do so. Communism/Marxism in the Soviet Union. Nazism in Germany. Imperialism in Japan.
Some were won with force some through economic strategies, but they were all defeated by the US. If we show the will to fight them & not cower behind the threat they pose, terrorism (specifically the states that support & sponsor it) will fail as well...
First of all, Communism and Imperialism are types of government systems and not solely ideology, so the comparison is a little off base.
Nazism, which is the only one really that close to terrorism, still exists, albeit in rogue pockets here and there.
We brought down the nation-state that had adopoted Nazism but not the idea in general.
With terrorism, there is no nation-state that we can bring down and declare victory over. And, just like Nazism, the rogue pockets exist and always will.
Defeating an ideology is not as simple as toppling a regime.
I agree with the gist of what you are both saying, & that is why I said terrorism & "specifically the states that support & sponsor it".
Just like we defeated the countries that supported & sponsored Nazism (leaving the world with "pockets" of Nazis with no formal country to base their beliefs), so too must we defeat terrorism in the same way.
Yes there will always be "pockets" of terrorists, but if we take away the countries that support them (both with safe harbor & financially) then we will go a long way in defeating them in the same manner that we have the Nazis.
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