no honestly not to paint americans all with the same brush..
but do those pro bush people kinda remind you of yosemtie sam..
at least when i think of one.. yosemite sam is who i think of.. :)
2006-10-04 00:57:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Aw I love that little gruff-angry-but-loveable guy. Yeah, perhaps it could be a bit of a comparison.
2006-10-04 01:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by quay_grl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The following is from the Sobran's column and the source is given:
The March 11 bombings in Madrid told the world that Bush had claimed victory prematurely. The Iraq war not only wasn’t a victory; it wasn’t even progress. In fact it has made things worse, wasting resources, causing innocent suffering, making more enemies, and alienating old friends. Bush’s war on Iraq gave illusory satisfaction to Americans who wanted to strike back for the 9/11 horrors, just as Sharon’s crackdowns give emotional release to Israelis enraged by unpredictable violence. Such blind fury is understandable, but it doesn’t really get you anywhere. It only increases the chaos, rewarding the very enemy it’s supposed to defeat.
Does anyone imagine that Osama bin Laden has been disappointed by the results of the Iraq war? America has only created new problems for itself, including a costly occupation that will go on for years. Even if the real purpose of the war was to secure American control of Iraq’s oil, was it worth it? To whom?
Bin Laden hates America, but he may be ironically thankful for the removal of Saddam Hussein, clearing the way for al-Qaeda and its allies to operate in Iraq unimpeded by a nasty dictator.
Terrorism isn’t an enemy, and it can’t be defeated with the methods of war. It’s more like a form of organized crime adapted to the modern state, whose peculiar weaknesses it exploits while avoiding confronting its strengths
Spain has now rejoined what the Bush crowd calls “Old Europe,” the Europe that can’t be bought with American money — France, Germany, Belgium, and yes, the Vatican. Bush’s trigger-happy approach has failed, completely missing the target.
Many Europeans snort that Bush is a “cowboy” president. A cowboy might be tolerable if he were more like, say, Gary Cooper, dealing with the varmints with patient cunning. But why did we have to get Yosemite Sam?
VR
2006-10-04 08:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by sarayu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget that Yosemite Sam was cute and deliberately funny. I can't say that about Bush and Cheney.
2006-10-04 08:07:47 · answer #3 · answered by michaelsan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not to paint liberals with the same brush, but the Bush-bashers remind me of Mr. Van Driessen (sp?) from "Beavis and Butt-Head." Mmm-kay?
2006-10-04 08:07:29 · answer #4 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋