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Bush's flaw was both. 9/11 was not an act of war by a country, but a criminal act. Al Qaeda got us to spend 12 billion a month by taking flying lessons and buying some box cutters at the hardware store. As long as we keep pumping money into this bull War on Terror, they got scoreboard on us.Bush's flaw was not the war on terrorism but the War in Iraq.
This doesn't make any sense. What was Bush's fatal flaw and what exactly did he "sell to us?" The Iraqi war or the War on Terror? Or both? If it's the latter, didn't you imply you're in favor of the War on Terror? And how exactly did Bush sell me anything when I was never in favor of the Iraqi War nor the War on Terror? I have no clue what ideas you're trying to convey here.You do realize that 911 happened right? Bin Laden hated Saddam and wanted him dead for the Kuwait invasion. So this was Bush's fatal flaw... he sold it to you gullibles but not Kool..I've been connected with Geo-Political issues for quite some time now.
And how will creating "a vacuum" in Afghanistan be detrimental to the United States exactly? Are you one of those paranoids who think that if radical Islam is left unchecked it'll eventually proliferate to the point where it can become a defacto military power and a legitimate global threat? Radical Islam can only go as far as Saudi Arabia's GNP will take it, and as long as we and China are sucking down oil from the Saudi's, radical Islam isn't going anywhere. Fighting a "war" on it is a profound waste of money. And to note, trying to "beat terrorism militarily" is exactly what we are trying to do. If we were sincere about "creating conditions in which it is harder for them to thrive" we would actually try to pursue alternative energy options instead of just paying lip service to it or drill off shore.The central front is really Saudi - Pakistan and then Afgahnistan but we cannot attack our friends the "Saudi's" or the Paki's...clearly the war must go on for some time in Afghan you can't just pull out with the level of instability in the region with close ties to the Paki's..Once the military commanders on the ground have confirmed to the Pres that the region is "ready" then you'll see change. If we pulled out now you're doing nothing but creating a vacuum in which the Taliban will rise again much like they did after the Russians left, in which Osama created Al-Queda...You can't beat terrorism militarily but you can create conditions in which it is harder for them to thrive.
I didn't expect miracles from him, and his position on Afghanistan is precisely why I didn't vote for him, since I think "the work that has to be done there" is a bunch of bull .Obama coming in and stopping the war immediately was never going to happen and if you thought that then you're actually one of the bleeding heart hate Bush at all costs liberals that wanted Obama to perform like Jesus Christ.He ended the Iraq war but there's still work in Afghanistan...all you ers that voted for him and expected miracles couldn't see the forest for the trees. You voted for him because deep inside you thought that the black man had no personal values and would come in and just do every ing thing that made your heart feel good.
Gibberish that isn't worth responding to.You guys are selfish just like the tea party neanderthals and can't or don't understand that change doesn't come over night..Not on big issues...including gay rights issues that must be won not by Obama's pen but by the political process itself in order to protect the very thing your fighting for in the long term. The gays rights issue for example is one that will have to be won through a grass roots effort not legislation..Obama understands this but gays like you, Dok, and Chumpdumpster don't have a ing clue.
keep it coming and I'll keep my brilliance flowing
