Re: I Don't Hate Bush, I Just Hate His Policies

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> >So is George W. Bush's dad an idiot but honest too? What do you think of 
> >George Bush Sr.? He had quite a bit to say just a few years ago on what 
> >a bad idea it would have been to go after Saddam Hussein, and what mess 
> >we'd get ourselves into after trying. Seems he was dead nuts on.
> >
> >Chris
> >
> 
> You are taking facts out of context. 
> 
> G Bush Sr., was in Iraq under a UN mandate.... to liberate Kuwait.  Bush 
> Sr. was correct then, to not remove Sadam, and extend the war beyond 
> that which was established and authorized by the UN.  Personally, I wish 
> he had done that, but it does not change the argument that President 
> Bush Sr. did the right thing then.  It was not his charter, nor was 
> America threatened by terrorism directly connected to Iraq.

How am I taking facts out of context? Bush Sr. said it would be a 
mistake to take out Saddam Hussein. He wasn't talking about not having 
had a U.N. mandate. He said it would destabilize the region.

Oh did you hear about how he's giving Ted Kennedy his public service 
award next month? It was announced the same week Ted Kennedy accused the 
Bush administration of telling lies to get us to go to war with Iraq. He 
gutted the Bush administration on numerous issues.

Clearly George Bush Sr. is trying to send Jr. a message without making a 
huge public stink about it. 



> Now this President Bush believes that the dynamics of terrorism as a 
> direct threat against the US has changed, and does include Iraq as a key 
> component.  I do not wish to get back into another hypothetical argument 
> about what he knew, and if he lied, as none of anything I have ever 
> heard in any of the mainstream media supports this.   I will have to 
> trust that you have other insight that leads you to that conclusion 
> (beyond simple anti-Bush bias). 

I have a factually based anti-Bush bias. And his father's opinions on 
the subject I happen to have agreed with before George W. Bush was even 
on the national political scene.

Chris