The libs were against the war in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. How will they protect us if they gain power?

Question

The war on terrorism will still be going on in '08.

How 'bout that, no answer for how they will protect us!!! Pretty telling I would say.

I don't wear underwear, nasty s, so you don't have an answer?

Answer 1

Viet Nam - Bad war

Afghanistan - Quit lying. Everyone was for going after Bin Laden who was being sheltered by the Taliban. Wow! How could anyone tell a tale like the one you are telling?

Iraq - No kidding. Who in their right mind wouldn't be against this fiasco?


edit: Hopefully they will first rebuild the alliances that Bush has destroyed with former US allies.

Hopefully they will pull US troops out of Iraq's civil war and thereby tone down Bin Laden's greatest recruiting tool.

Hopefully, they will use the CIA and FBI versus the US military to track down and dismantle terrorists cells.

In the end, whatever anyone does, it can only be better than Bush's current blunders.

Answer 2

I'm a liberal who served during the Korean War. I was opposed to the war in Viet Nam and Iraq. I think a mistake was made invading Afghanistan. 9-11 was a criminal matter. If we had gone after the perps for crimes against humanity the world would have joined us. Instead we use Afghanistan and 9-11 as an excuse to invade and occupy Iraq.

That the invasion was predicated on lies by Bush, Cheney, Rice and Powell - flagrant lies that we know were lies. This is no secret. It's clear that after five years of war, over 3000 young Americans dead, 100s of thousands of Iraqi civilians dead, billions of dollars spent and nothing accomplished that we must remove the profiteers and the military from Iraq. We must bring all the troops home.

71 % of the military want out. 70 % of Iraqi civilians want us out. The elected Iraqi President has told us to go home.

Also opposed to this war were most of the generals up until the most recent appointment.

Signed: Joseph W. Grant, Lawrence, KS

Answer 3

miss kitty so pretty but only scratches the surface.. the surface of the television set where did you come up with these ideas?? Democrats are against the VIETNAM WAR?? you either assume everyone out here is and empty sheet of paper waiting you to fill in the lines or you yourself are empty.. If you actually knew about the war you would know that it was started byt Democrats, ever heard of a guy named JFK or LBJ?? im sorry to tell you they were both democrats, sweet
heart.. better learn your history.. Also Nixon a REPUBLICAN was elected to END THE VEITNAM WAR!! LOL wow, you better learn about history or you'll just sound like a Domesticated Kitty kitty who's devoted to Propoganda.. Dems against Afghanistan?? WTF?? I can't help but believe you are just being spoon fed this spin and repeating it because, you look old enough to be alive for 911 and i was and i clearly remember that the vote to go into AFghanistan was unanimous, and only 1 democrat voted against the war.. So how could you say that libs meaning Democrats were against the war, they voted for it and it is whether FOX news told you are not is still going on in a Lib controlled legislative branch!! SO.. what am I..eh hu.. excuse what are you missing and who is filling it for you?? and I am sorry to tell you this the same goes for IRAQ. libs/dems were not against the war in Iraq either, they voted for it so how do you balance you opinions with reality, is the war still not going on to this day?? come on miss kitty kitty you better learn to think critically.. here's a cool web-site about political parties and wars, it shows the difference between the two in casualty figures, you might be suprised..

http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/american-wars.html

Also i would like to inform you that there really are not very many differences in political party's as you have grown to believe.. The two partys dominate the country's political discussion by only offering two sides.. You dont like one the other has the alternative just as long as you are accepting the issue raised.. get it both sides serve one master and its not the people its the Elitests in this country and around the world.. Money makes the world go around and they also dictate who votes what, unless that is they are unable to divide the peoples opinion 50/50 by propoganda and a majority say 80/20 dissaproves with their manufactured viewpoints than they must vote the way of the people because they would lose their position thus living to fight another day and sell us all into slavery.. oh yeah you say the war on terror will be going on in 08 you are correct about that!! but more like 2108.. its the war that will never end and can continue on forever as long as someone blows up something and you get mesmerized by it.. Big Pharma and Vioxx killed 25,000 people or maybe up to 75,000.. while being supported by their political puppets in the government.. do you care? why not because you didn't hear about it on FOX?? Don't worry slave, we will fight to free you kitty kitty.. VOTE FOR RON PAUL 2008 OR DIE!!

Answer 4

There were a whole lot more than Liberals against Viet Nam War.
War in Viet Nam was, in fact, escalated under Democratic Presidents. DUMMY.

Afghanistan was where the Taliban was.
We put some restaurant owner in charge and then set our sight on IRAQ .
Ignoring the real enemy.


Neocon mouthpieces....Dubya and Rumsfeld LIED and LIED and LIED about Iraqs involvement in 911.
Changed the name of the Lie a number of Times.
Is that all it takes to win over Conservatives?

Who is gonna protect the country from THEM?:)

It will take years to repair the damage to America.
It's just too bad CONSERVATIVES can't raise the dead.

Answer 5

Liberals comprise only 4% of U.S. voters. Most voters, both Republican and Democrat are middle of the road, middle class Americans who are under attack from the current administration.

If you mean in your question, who will protect us from losing wars or who will protect Americans in general, I have never felt more unprotected by my own country and vulnerable in my life as I have within these last 7 years.

In the next election, my family and I, and all our friends, will look for someone to lead this country who will indeed protect us from anything that looks like the debacle of the Bush presidency and the knot in the pit of our stomach when we worry about jobs, our health care, our freedoms, and being betrayed by our own president. We mourn for those family members killed in a war with no exit strategy--or is that the strategy, no exit, just a blender war where nothing is won or worse--just stirred-up.

None of this bodes well for the United States citizens who may find, at best, their sons and daughters drafted and their country bankrupt from the Islamist conflict that could continue for decades with no plan to end the war. At worst, we could face domination by another power such as China or devastated by nuclear warfare.

None of these things had to happen; but, globalists in the guise of the Bush administration seized power in this country. Globalism does not work and the plummet in the stock market is only a small part of the backlash against this threat to American freedoms and the sovereignty of our country.

The American people face hard choices in the months to come, including whether to take down the Bush administration and install a new administration that is capable of cleaning up this mess. Oh yea, we need to protect ourselves from the losers--who can't seem to win at anything.

Answer 6

All I know is that barbarians always prefer to see fighting as the only solution to disputes and prefer to fight than to settle things in a peaceful way...and intelligent man is more likely to see solving problems with brain power as just a powerful choice.

In the USA, who then are the barbarians and who are the intelligent ones???

NUFF SAID

Answer 7

War in Vietnam was a failure, and no American citizens besides our troops were ever at risk. Iraq is frighteningly similar situation. (note the fact that around half of the liberals in congress voted to declare war on Iraq, for reasons we all know) Afghanistan was almost unanimously agreed on, you obviously don't know your facts if you believe that liberals strongly opposed entering Afghanistan.

As for the poorly named "War on Terror", the liberals will gladly continue it. Just in the right places instead of the wrong ones. Iraq is not the place to be looking for terrorists, the ones there now generally have only one goal: get us out. There were virtually no terrorists in Iraq at this wars beginning, They were created by the Iraqi peoples resistance to American occupation, and will doubtlessly collapse when we are gone. Indeed, some terrorists have entered the country since the wars start, but their goals are radically different from the Iraqi born terrorists. They merely wish to harm America in whatever way they can, the Iraqi's just want us gone. When we leave, the Iraqi people will have no reason to support them in Anti-American activities, and they'll flee into hiding into hiding in Pakistan and other countries nearby with terrorists who want more than us to go home.

So indeed the war on terror will still be on in 2008, but hopefully it will be fought on the right battlefield. The Democrats understand the need to target terrorists in the areas, that, to put it bluntly, terrorists actually are. That is how they will protect us.

Answer 8

Oh please do tell us how Viet Nam was a threat to us that warrented over 2 million deaths of Vietnamese and over 50,000 deaths of our young men of that time? Afghanistan was warrented because they supported the terrorists that were responsible for 9/11. But why did we attack Iraq? I mean, for real, what were Bush and cheney's motives and reasons for attacking and invading Iraq at the time leading up to the war. I'll be waiting for the answer.
BTW, 9/11 happened under Republican watch, just remember that. And, this adminstration was warned plenty of time ahead.

As far as the Dems are concerned, they already said they wanted more funding to secure our porous borders. They also said they want more funding for our vulnerable ports so they can screen every container that comes through the port with x-ray, bio and chemical and radiation detectors. They also said they want to go after Bin laden, who Bush has not gone after yet. By and large, I think the Dems would do a far better job than Bush would do. BTW, I'm not a dem nor have I ever voted for one.

Answer 9

Uh actually JFK put advisers in Vietnam, LBJ escalated the war to a major bloodbath, and Nixon did the "cut&run".

Then, 99% of the Democrats in Congress voted for war with Afghanistan and Iraq.

As long as GE, aka NBC, aka "America's News Leader" profits off war, we will have war and many/most of us will be tricked into supporting war until at least the damage is done and the profits are made.

Answer 10

A very good point. They're not going to.

Libs are notorious for downsizing and underfunding the military. They are also notorious for attempting to deny Americans citizens the right to bear arms. If the libs do come into power, the terrorists will be dancing in the streets, because the very jugular of this country is going to be exposed, ready to be cut. And as usual, this country will be "reactive" rather than "pro-active". We'll be behind the 8-ball, trying to play catch-up, and respond to one disaster after another, when all we had to do is be prepared to start with.

It's going to be up to individual citizens to defend their own homes, businesses, property and lives, because to rely on the liberals to save us, we'd be doomed.

The terrorists see what's going on, and they're not going to make any aggressive moves until they know that they stand the best chance of success. When they determine that the liberals are indeed running the show, they will be ready to strike, because they know any retaliation will be either nil, or weak.

I dread this upcoming election. America either keeps these idiots out of office, or we're going to pay dearly in the near future.

Answer 11

Liberals were not against the war in Afghanistan. Authorization for that war passed in the House by 434 - 1. Liberals were against the war in Vietnam (and we were right) and the war in Iraq (right again). In fact, liberals were right in 3 out of 3 of these cases. You could make your case a bit better by bringing in the Gulf War, which most, but not all, liberals opposed. Even then, liberals would be right 3 times out of 4, which is a better average the the cons and neocons.

How will liberals protect us? What I said above implies the answer - liberals will protect us by making sound decisions, going to war when we must and staying out when we should. Carrying out capable police and intelligence work when the military isn't the right tool, which is most of the time in this war. The way Clinton did when he saw that the instigators of the 1993 WTC attacks - unlike the 9/11 attacks - were caught and imprisoned, and when he successfully organized intelligence and law enforcement to break up Al Qaeda's planned millennium attacks.