9/19 Have any one actually read Bush's National Security Strategy?
It looks like in the name of freedom and liberty, we are essentially
going to destory any nation that has a remote chance of challenge
US's dominating position in the world.
\_ That is untrue. China and India have more potential to challenge
the USA's hegemony but we aren't stopping them are we?
Is your generalization brush a bit too thick?
\_ That is sadly how the US is. The US needs war to survive,
we need to constantly find targets or otherwise people who
backed little bush will not be getting rich. Bush actually
doesn't give a shit about national security, he doesn't
even know what it is. What he knows is, he who throw money
into his campaign, he much pay them back with real hard tax
dollar. You can bet that if, and when we are done with
Iraq, we will immediately move on to the next target (that
in time we will surely identify, anyone remember China
before 911?) Without war, little bush know he will be
facing critizm from all over regarding his administration,
when we are in war, the country is much more united, and
that's his edge. He'll be in the office for 4 years and
we'll have 4 years of war. You can be sure of that. If it's
not iraq, it'll be someone else. Bush doesn't give a fuck,
he needs war to survive.
\_ the problem right now is there's no balance in the
world. The US is too powerful for any nation to
challenge directly, so we do whatever the hell we
please, with no regard to consequences or human life or
whatever. And then you have this war hungry bush come on
board, bin-ladin gave him exactly what he wanted, a way
to put america into 4 years of war. What Clinton built
in 8 years, bush destoried in a few months. The good
thing is he'll only be in office in 4 years and we all
hope the damage is not too severe. The same cannot be
said for the other countries. You'll bet that after the
war, there will be 100 more bin-ladins in the world that
will want to destory everything that is about America.
And people just don't stop and think why?
\_ URL?
\_ http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf
\_ I read it and I don't think it says what you think it says.
It is reasonably balanced. -Bush Hating Leftist
\_ Is this what your commie-berkeley education has help you conclude?
Do you guys always just simply doubt everything America does to the
world? I suppose you have a better alternative? Name one. Then go
there and start accusing that government of the same thing. Better
yet, look at history, find another #1 country that is as mostly
benevolent as America. You will not. America - love it or leave it.
Period. [formatd]
\_ This kind of shit is unprecedented in our history, pal, at least
as an open book policy. What ever happened to the republican
rhetoric of "we can't serve as the world police force..." I
guess rigging an election makes one more aware of actual
"politics"
\_ Speak softly and carry a big stick and right makes might
\_ might makes right
both seem to have disappeared as well. George the 2nd's
speeches seem more like NBA/WWF pre-game/match bad mouthing
and blustering than serious deliberations on policy. I guess
anything more is too much to expect from someone who thought
greeks were "grecians".
\_ Here's someone who didn't read the new policy. Come back
when you're grown up and stopped watching wrestling.
\_ The policy is not to be the world's police force. The policy
is to stomp the shit out of anyone that is working on ways to
kill us. If they want to kill each other such as in Africa,
that's ok. The new policy says nothing about that. Not our
problem because we're still not the world's police force.
\_ Given this, why hasn't America invaded Columbia? Their
government is incapable of handling the drug trafficing
trade. Surely ridding America of the death, violence,
crime, and economic hardship caused by Columbian drugs
would be more useful than invading a country that might
have WMD that it could use.
\_ We have invaded Columbia. Where have you been? It's
mostly covert, though. --dim
\_ Hmm. This doesn't bode well for any new invasions
that are in the planning stage.
\_ America != The Executive Branch. I love my country and the
principles on which it was founded, but I do not love the
activities of the current (or even most previous)
administrations.
\_ Which do you like? Are you a Jimmy Carter fan?
\_ Truman, Ike, JFK and Reagan were okay. Before that,
TR, Lincoln, Jefferson and Madison.
\_ All these native american nations... hmm... prime example of
american's "benevolence" And remember, we nuked 300k Japanese
civilians for their suprise attack of Pearl Harbor which results
in 3000+ mostly military casuaties.
\_ Would you have preferred a ground invasion of Japan?
\_ Ah my friend, how easily you forget the death march of
bataan...
\_ Japan raped and killed 300k in the city of Nanjing alone in
one week or so.
\_ Do you really believe the US gave a shit about what was
happening to the Chinese?
\_ This person votes. Scary.
I left it, you have my permission to stay there. -John
\_ Stay where you are. We'll get around to the rest of Europe
eventually. You don't have to come back to be a part of the
US.
\_ This person votes. Sweet. So do I. --fully agree with person |