Do you not think that he is loosing the ground for his reasoning against the war in Iraq? I think he has absolutley no clue, and is also ill advised by the advisory's that are on his team? I think he can't get himself out of it, and If he admits to have done more mistakes, he will committ political suicide? would it be wise to get ride of him now and get a new President that will put American's ideology back where they belong?
2007-01-12 11:48:15 · 15 answers · asked by angelikabertrand64 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Howard Fineman, a reporter for Newsweek, has covered Bush closely since 1984, even when he was largely unknown to most of the American public. Google him, and get his perspective on him. He paints a scary picture, someone who is close minded, ultra competitive, hates to lose, will do ANYTHING to make sure people don't think he's a loser. Why do you think there is a carrier going to Iran?
2007-01-12 11:52:15 · answer #1 · answered by Dark Helmet 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First of all American Ideology is based upon freedom. That is freedom for any opressed people-like the Iraqis-this includes spreading freedom and democracy to any one any where. The Iraqis truly want democracy as do most people in middle eastern countries. As far as a solution is concerned-how can you tell that he does not have one? Problems like the one in Iraq are so complex and imbedded that it takes years to change things. I do however have one very serious gripe, and for the life of me I cannot understand why it has not been done. I think the entire country should be disarmed. Every gun should be taken from every civilian. That would have to at least help solve the problem of our soldiers being shot and killed. Once Iraqs' military and police have taken over and our troops have left then the people of Iraq and the government should decide whether or not civilians should be able to buy guns and arm themselves.
2007-01-12 12:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by Elvis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe W and company have given up trying to argue that the war was justified. Even the lukewarm arguments that Saddam was a bad man, etc. have not been raised for quite a while. The voters made it pretty clear in November that they are fed up with the war. The problem now is there's no way to "win" if win means stopping all the violence there, securing the borders, rebuilding the infrastructure, establishing a competent stable government, recruiting, training and equipping Iraqis to take over security, etc. We simply do not have enough people and money to do that. We're now in the situation that Colin Powell warned about (If you break it, you own it). Odds are if we simply leave everyone who cooperated with us will soon be dead (not a good example to those whose cooperation we might want in the future) and someone worse than Saddam will be in charge.
The 20,000+ troops W wants to send sounds like a lot but that's only about a 15% increase and they're still going to be outnumbered many times over (there are over 6 million people in Baghdad alone).
Bush Sr. wrote about "desert storm" and was very clear that his belief was there was no way to occupy Iraq. That's why when he drove Saddam out of Kuwait he ended it there. Unfortunately Bush 43 did not have the wisdom to adhere to to Bush 41's policy.
So there's no happy ending in site. Just body counts with dinner every night.
Thanks Mr. Bush.
2007-01-12 12:05:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes he has lost his ground entirely.
He has had more than enough opportunities to get out and he never took them:
1. No WMD
2. We capture Saddam
3. We kill Al-Zaqarwi
4. We kill Saddam
He never took the opportunities and now he is killing more troops. It's a distraction until 2008 so he is not in trouble.
2007-01-12 11:52:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He already committed political suicide about four years ago. But it's too late for the majority of Americans to realize it.
2007-01-12 11:51:08 · answer #5 · answered by Jackson Leslie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Americans have known this for a long time.
2007-01-12 11:50:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think all we need is an exit strategy and timeline that we actually stick to. Say 4 months, if the Iraqis do not have their government built and military in control, we should just say "Hey..we tried, this is your problem not ours". Its all about them being lazy while we are there.
2007-01-12 11:53:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's said before that he was leaving this to the next president,if that's "not having a clue", I don't know what is
2007-01-12 11:52:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm convinced all he cares about is his legacy. He doesn't want to be remembered as the president who made things in the middle east worse.
2007-01-12 11:51:35 · answer #9 · answered by kberto 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No and no. I think this is all a really bad situation and nobody has any real good answers. (For those who have a brain anyways.)
2007-01-12 11:51:08 · answer #10 · answered by Noodles 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋