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Big difference--
The 5,000 casualties we have now are totally unnecessary. One cannot fight a war without casualties. If we had to incur 5,000 casualties in the war on terror, they should not have been incurred in Iraq. I don't know why you can't get that. Walt |
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"WalterM140" wrote in message ... If we had to incur 5,000 casualties in the war on terror, they should not have been incurred in Iraq. I don't know why you can't get that. The war on terror is being fought in Iraq. Why can't you get that? |
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I wrote, knowing that it wouldn't go unchallenged:
I thought Reagan a very bad president also. I don't think he ever made a tough decision. And like Bush, he was a puppet of his handlers. The one thing he can claim is egging his staff on into what became Iran-Contra, while claiming he would never negociate with terrorists. Walt Your opinion, is of course, your's. But, might you be willing to consider the greatest tax cut since JFK as an achievment? It -sure- takes a lot of courage for a politician to call for tax cuts. C'mon, Ed. As I am sure you recall, Reagan called Carter to task during the 1980 campaign on budget deficits. They he like quintupled them. Reagan -never- made a tough decision. He always took the easy way out. Always. As an aside, do you recall Reagan saying that he understood what it was like to be separated from loved ones during war? Shortly thereafter, someone pointed out that Reagan lived in the same house for three years during WWII. Or, maybe the reduction of Carter's 21% annual inflation and 18% interest rates Do you recall the 1979 oil embargo? Gee whiz, Ed. I'm not real impressed here. Reagan, I will give him credit -- was shot full of luck. Saddam Hussein attacked Iran in September, 1980. Both those countries became beholden to us. And we, I guess with some skill played them off against each other. But they needed cash and the oil flowed in a way that Carter couldn't count on. With the exception of some hostage taking, Islamic militancy largely feasted on itself while Reagan was in office. in less than two years to a more realistic 6% inflation and 10.5% interest as worthwhile? Maybe the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union might be good things? So........when you were flying missions over Viet Nam, that had nothing to do with the containment of the USSR? The containment of the USSR was a 40 year process pursued by every U.S. president. Reagan just happened to be in office when the balloon went up, the same way Nixon got to talk to the Apollo 11 astronauts. The groundwork was already laid -- mostly by Democratic presidents. You might even want to consider the economic theories of Laffer--the idea that a reduction in tax rates can lead to an increase in tax revenue because the money in consumer's hands gets spent to create demand for goods and services--a better choice than socialistic redistribution of wealth in my opinion, but then I work for a living. I think the consensus is that Laffer is a laugher. I don't claim to know much about it. I do think that not paying your bills -- the course that Reagan chose, does not denote any particular courage. Reagan -never- made a tough decision. He always took the easy way out. And, while Iran-Contra was certainly questionable, you might consider that it was the result of the Congress first putting anti-communist forces in the field in Nicaragua and then cutting the funds for their support after they are in harm's way. Puh-Leaze. That's what happened in Viet Nam too, right? Was Viet Nam the right thing to do? --If-- the Congress did as you said, Reagan, still -cowardly- went in secret and funded his own private army, helped by that scumbag Olliver North. While I freely agree that ends should not justify means, it was a solution to a problem. So was beheading Nick Berg, I guess. Have you noticed that while everyone says, "we never negotiate with terrorists", that the first individual that shows up in a terrorist hostage situtation is the negotiator? Who, like Jesse Jackson? Listen, Reagan said --I remember this distinctly -- "this government will never negotiate with terrorists", when he knew full well that exact thing was happening. And -this- is REALLY important. A democracy can only function if the people have information to make informed choices. In the case of supporting the Contras, it was entirely within the purview of the voters to be presented with the question: "Should we fund the Contras or not?" But the Reagan adminstration went behind the backs of the voters, sold off government property they had no title to, and used the money on a cause that the people had indicated (through their representatives in Congress) that they didn't care for. My God, Reagan was SUCH a bum. Okay, maybe it's a toss-up between Bush 43 and Reagan for worst president ever. You know, President Lincoln said that: "By the frame of the Government under which we live this same people have wisely given their public servants but little power for mischief, and have with equal wisdom provided for the return of that little to their own hands at very short intervals. While the people retain their virtue and vigilance no Administration by any extreme of wickedness or folly can very seriously injure the Government in the short space of four years." As long as the people retain their virtue, charlatans like Bush 43 and Reagan will be held up to the ridicule they so richly deserve. Walt |
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If we had to incur 5,000 casualties in the war on terror, they should not
have been incurred in Iraq. I don't know why you can't get that. The war on terror is being fought in Iraq. Why can't you get that? I certainly don't know that -just- because you and that near moron George Bush Jr. say it. I know that the former SecNav James Webb have said that it is a strategic blunder, and General Zinni says it was a strategic blunder, and many other jefes of national policy experience say that. Just because that moron Bush says it, doesn't make it so. That's the first lesson you need to learn in order to shrug off your Orwellian reliance on someone elses' unsupported opinion. Now, as I've said, I don't need a general to tell me that Iraq is a ****ing mess. All I need do is note that the head of the Iraqi Governing Counsel was blown up --right outside-- the US enclave to get a glimmer that things are not going right. You can do that too. You can also -- "look ma, no hands!" make your own determination that when the attourney general says we can expect a major terrorist act in this country before the election, that invading Iraq and incurring 5,000 casualties didn't -exactly- bring about the outcome we thought it would. Walt |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message nk.net... "WalterM140" wrote in message ... If we had to incur 5,000 casualties in the war on terror, they should not have been incurred in Iraq. I don't know why you can't get that. The war on terror is being fought in Iraq. Why can't you get that? Finally I've got it! Since actual terrorists are sort of hard to find, Iraq is some sort of a surrogate for the real thing; a whipping boy so to speak. But if we can go anywhere we want to fight this war on terror, (even if it makes no sense) then why not choose some place more convenient than Iraq? How about: Cuba? Canada? Chicago? |
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Reagan, I will give him credit -- was shot full of luck. Saddam Hussein
attacked Iran in September, 1980. Both those countries became beholden to us. That would have been Iraq... Do I read this right? We had an arms-for-hostages deal with Iraq? I always thought it was --Iran--. Silly me. Walt |
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Containment was an outgrowth of George F. Kennan's advice to Truman (a
Dem.), implemented by Eisenhower continuation of the policies of military anti-Communist alliances with Dulles (Reps), then sustained by JFK/LBJ (Dems) and furthered by Nixon (Rep.) Hard to ascribe the policy to "mostly Democratic presidents". Dulles was president? See, that's just -flat- dishonest on your part. Ummmm....Lessee. Truman, JFK and LBJ. That's three. Eisenhower and Nixon -- that seems to be two. Throw in Carter and Reagan and it's still 4 to 3. I'd say -- I like precision-- that 4 is bigger than 3. This is it, Ed? Your best shot? No wonder people wail about the state of American edcuation. Walt Walt |
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Reagan submitted balanced budgets...
What year was that? Walt |
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Puh-Leaze. That's what happened in Viet Nam too, right? Was Viet Nam the
right thing to do? --If-- the Congress did as you said, Reagan, still -cowardly- went in secret and funded his own private army, helped by that scumbag Olliver North. No, that's not what happened in Vietnam. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution provided funding throughout. The TGR provided funding from 1965 -- 1975? That's flatly in contradiction of the United States Constitution which prohibits any appropriations covering more than two years. Article One, Section 8, para 12 reads: "To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years" So you are flatly wrong, and not for the first time. Precision -- it's precision you want, lad. Great thing for an educator, don't you know. You should read the Constitution, Ed. It's a fabulous document. Sorta odd for a military man and patriot like yourself not to be more familiar with the parts of that document that impinge so directly on the military. But I digress. So. Are you saying that President Ford -didn't- try to get Congress to throw some -more- money/assets at Viet Nam? They refused right? It's the same thing that happened in Iran-Contra. The principle is the same. Now, had Gerald Ford gotten first LT North to sell TOW missiles to some third party and then sent that money to the S. Viets, then you'd have the same -principle- in action as what Reagan did. Reagan was a bum. Olliver North is a scumbag. He dragged the good name of the Marine Corps through the mud just like these "re-cycled hillbillies" have done to the Army at Abu Ghraib. Of course these natioanl guardsmen had the blessing of the SecDef. If you recall, Ed, Weinburger and George Shultz opposed trading arms for hostages, but it went ahead any way. "Poppy" said he wasn't in the loop, but that was a lie. Walt |
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