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Re: President Bush given the Indian name of "Walking Eagle"



"John O" <johno@#no^spam&heathkit.com> wrote in message
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> >
>> Lets see
>>
>> 1. We could wait for the next 911
>>
>> 2. We could pull an Italy and try buying them off
>>
>> 3. We could go where they are and kick their ass
>>
>> I vote for #3
>>
>> History will again prove Bush was right and the naysayers now will be
>> fawning over how they supported the conflict from the start
>>
>
> When was Bush right the first time, so he can be right again on this?
>
> 3 works for some enemies, Milosevic for example. But Bin Laden is not the
> same kind of enemy as Milosevic. Today Bin Laden has exponentially more
> followers than he did before we went to Iraq. Yeah, we're doing real well
> against the real enemy.
>
> Besides, kicking their ass doesn't make them go away, it makes the
> survivors more angry and determined. Remember the end of WWI? Same thing.

And the end of WWII?

Doesn't always work the way you are describing...

>
> Chopping a few heads is good, but do ya think we could do it more
> intelligently, and without creating an entire region of the world that
> HATES us for it?

Correction: Sporatic sections of an entire region hates us... But then
again, they did already (hence 9/11)...

>
> Bush is in for a long term. He's losing SS reform badly, his NCLB is going
> to get bounced, and IMO the war will remain a fungus. That leaves him with
> how many accomplishments, exactly? The deficit, he can claim credit for
> that.
>





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