01-24-2019, 08:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-24-2019, 08:12 AM by Bill the Piper.)
(01-23-2019, 03:13 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: And the brutal fact remains, that George W Bush actually started a deadly unnecessary war in 2003, and was re-elected in 2004, casting a stain on the American voter that may never be expunged.
American voters seem to have been divided between hawks and peaceniks, perhaps since Vietnam. Intervention in Yugoslavia was backed by the democrats. It was a war against White Christian nationalists, so it looked somehow like WW2. Afghanistan was quite popular as well. The US was attacked, in a way not unlike Pearl Harbor. Bush approval rates went up to 90%. Even in 2003, not only neo-cons supported the war. Kerry did so as well, remember? The Iraq war started getting really unpopular in 2006, due to the civil war between al-Qaeda and Shia militias.
Quote:Trump was the war-criminal candidate. He said the way to defeat terrorists was to take out their families. He said we would win so much that we would get tired of winning. He has bloated the military budget, as promised. He threatened North Korea with fire and fury, and broke off a good treaty with Iran that restrained their nuclear program. Anti-war candidate?
He didn't go for regime change in Syria. I think Hillary would. Also, Trump is talking to the planet's most vicious dictator, Kim Jong Uhn. His threats are never followed by action, so I see them as schoolboy bragging. "My penis (nuclear button) is bigger than yours".