2007-09-01 10:05:41 · 14 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
theicebrg (below) Disagree. A person's history can help predict their probable future if their habits remain the same.
Bush historically denies facts that conflict with his desired outcomes. Thus, as he continues with this personality trait, one CAN predict that he will approach current and future decisions in the same or similar manner.
2007-09-01 10:18:08 · update #1
One important thing I've learned about our President.....don't confuse him with the facts. He was, and is, wrong about Iraq!
2007-09-01 10:10:31 · answer #1 · answered by ArRo 6 · 4⤊ 5⤋
Yes. Any President who does not give the public enough time to decide whether they want to oppose a war is wrong. This is also true of non Presidents dating from WW1 any criticism of the war was quashed. That was a mistake which could have been fixed later. It never has as the public is still conditioned to get excited about war but at the same time not wanting war like playing with fire. It is the same wherever a war is about to be fought a lot of what if happens what will the other armies do thinking is done and the flames are fanned by officials talking in grim tones of imminent doom hordes of barbaric soldiers doing evil.What needs to be talked about more often are thousands of protesters with signs coming across the borders to promote peace. Has there ever been a just protest or peace It is a mistake to go to war but the mistake the public has made many times is to reject war not deceive themselves into thinking they want it.It is a mistake to go to war anywhere war Itself is a mistake it just ruins anyland it touches damages the environment kills mostly unarmed people and while appears tohave profit ultimately empties the treasuries of any place it is fought. An example The Hundred Year war between England and France,The Crusades, Wars Of Conquest, The Roman Empire to name a few in which the cost of maintaining war and control was high in deaths and money the deaths for those unarmed the money the invading forces
2007-09-01 17:50:53 · answer #2 · answered by darren m 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Since Clinton, all the Democrats, all civilized nations, and the UN said the same thing that Bush said about Iraq...I guess your rant disguised as a question implies that *everybody* was wrong.
2007-09-02 12:00:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So Clinton shouldn't have dropped bombs on Iraq in 1997? He had the same information about Iraq as Bush had in 2001/2002. Don't be so loyal to a party so as not to acknowledge the reality that the information given to both presidents was either true both time or faulty both times.
2007-09-01 17:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by G M L 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Iraq is meant to be a United States base of operations in a coming war with Iran.
We will never leave Iraq.
Amazing isn't it that we cannot effectively handle the Iraq situation and yet Bush keeps beating the drums of war against Iran!!??
2007-09-01 18:36:35 · answer #5 · answered by Kelly B 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
You should consider asking your questions with more appropriate language. For example, the beginning of your question is a false premise: "Bush was wrong about everything leading up to Iraq..." He might have been wrong about some things, or a bunch of things, but he wasn't wrong about everything.
Secondly, the argument is a non sequitur. Whether or not he was wrong about other things is largely independent of whether he is wrong about something else. While it is true that he could be wrong about staying in Iraq, the reason for such wrongness doesn't lie in such loaded political rhetoric.
2007-09-01 17:12:52 · answer #6 · answered by theicebrg 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Absurd question. He WAS wrong about Iraq just as he was wrong about the economy and indeed civilization. WHY stay? Why did Bush get elected in the first place? He's nothing more than a catastrophe.
EDIT: why has somebody given me a thumbs down? I get thumbs down all the time, often without justification at all...
2007-09-01 17:13:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
How about giving us some examples of what he was wrong about?
4 hours later and I'm still waiting on some examples of what he was wrong about.
2007-09-01 18:14:08 · answer #8 · answered by Rocman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They two are largely unrelated -- except in Bush's mind.
But yes, someone who has made mistakes or acted based on incorrect information one time can often do so again and make different mistakes, or act based on other mis-information.
The situation now is fundamentally different than it was 5 years ago -- and we should be making decisions now based on the current situation -- not what things were like years ago.
2007-09-01 17:12:15 · answer #9 · answered by coragryph 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Everything he says about Iraq is wrong ... even sending more troops over there so they can die for the Iraqi freedom. I bet Iraq will be the 51st State if nobody brought the troops home soon.
2007-09-01 17:10:55 · answer #10 · answered by Roxas of Organization 13 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋