To all you Bush Haters and others that care to read......?

Question

Do you think Gore and Kerry could have done any better with 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq? Wonder what their approval rating would be about now? How many of you BUSH haters would be blasting them also? I would say about 99 percent although I am sure the Liberals and others will say they would have supported them. Welcome to Fantasyland!

Truth is no one, not even Bush, could have handled this situation right because it was "unknown" territory. The man will be gone in a year..LET IT GO ALREADY. Soon you can start "hating" on the new President. Thanks and have a great day!

I am not a 100 percent Bush supporter, to all those who say lots of others could have done a better job, I am wating to hear names. As for the next President whether he be a dem or a rep or an Ind., how do we know he will do a better job? As for Bush's Dad being there in the 1990's, So was Clinton and besides, we didn't have an attack on the US then. Once again everyone is skirting around the issue. Name some names!!

Answer 1

As a Soldier, I agree with you partially. If you read "Bush at War", you'll get a better perspective on the "unknowns". Unfortunately, this was not unknown territory. It was territory that Condoleeza Rice and Colin Powell warned about, but no one listened. It really doesn't matter though...I think that the president has it right. He has moved the focus of the war on terrorism to another location. Tell me, oh great haters of the president, where would you like me to fight this war? Maybe in your livingroom? Need I remind all of you that there has not been a single successful strike against the US since 9/11? Do you think they haven't tried. Men and women in uniform remain vigilant and protect you from harm 24/7. Read the National Strategy for the Global War on Terrorism and the National Security Strategy. Educate yourself before demonizing the president. He has made mistakes, but he and the military have kept you safe and kept your children safe. This is the Land of the Free only because of the brave! Above all, remember that freedom isn't free. It is bought with blood, the blood of our brothers and sisters. Please do not dishonor their sacrifice!

Answer 2

Bush's performance vs Gore (all of the things you mention happened before Kerry ran):
9/11 Bush was a solid B; not clear that anyone would have been significantly better
Afghanistan: Bush at first rates A, but he lost his focus and deteriorated to a C- or D. Gore (or even McCain) would have done a better overall job
Iraq (Bush's War): Bush gets an F on every phase. The war was unnecessary and based on misinformation. Too few troops were committed for occupation and reconstruction. There was never a coordinated policy covering military political and economic aspects. There was never a clear definition of goals, and certainly never any clear connection between what we wanted to achieve and what we were doing. In short, Gore would not have been in Iraq, and if he or Kerry had inherited it in 2004, there would not have been three more years of blunders.

BTW, if any of this was "unknown", it was only because Bush did not listen. From the beginning, many people were saying "This is the wrong way" or even "this is wrong". Their reward was frequently to be called appeasers, terror-lovers, or even treasonous.

Answer 3

How do you explain the fact that Bush has the lowest approval rating of any US President?! This includes Republican and Conservatives as well as the given Democrats and Liberals.

Again, just enforcing what every one else is saying. 9/11 had nothing to do with Iraq. There was no Al Quaeda in Iraq before we invaded (http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/al-qaeda_in_iraq.htm)

He should have focused more on Afghanistan and Pakistan..places where Al Quada was already established at that point.

I was not a huge fan of Kerry, but he was definitely a better choice than Bush. Now we will never know. Thousands of our boys have been killed over there for a war that is not going anywhere. The strife in Iraq will not be helped by our Western ideas of peacebuilding. Change needs to come from within Iraq to REALLY make a lasting impact.

i said my peace.

Answer 4

Whether or not Bush should have ordered troops into Iraq I don't want to judge about. But what he never should have allowed was the installation of a prison at Guantanamo Bay under the circumstances given. You Americans are so proud of your history and of fighting off the British and establishing a Government and Country of your own. You celebrate yourselves as the inventors of modern Democracy and you sing of Freedom and the same rights for everyone. Yet you allow Bush to imprison people without a lawyer, without the possibility to be visited by friends and relatives, without all human rights. And THAT for me is the worst thing Bush has done. Not only has he broken all laws of humanity, but he also managed to silence an entire people. Or are the voices of protest just too few to be heard over here in Germany?

Answer 5

"Do you think Gore and Kerry could have done any better with 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq?"

Yes on the first and the second is a nonissue. Maybe they wouldn't have manipulated intelligence to lead us into the second. I would not have supported anyone that wanted to go into Iraq. It was lies when Bush, Powell, Cheney were building it up. I said they weren't true, I was proved right. I would have done the same thing against anyone that lied, regardless of party.

The problem is that America refused to keep their leaders honest by voting out either the biggest liar or the person that made the biggest mistake in the last 100 years of U.S. foreign policy. That was unfortunate. I don't hate him, but I still am in shock that a President that knowingly misled the country into war was reelected. I had more faith in Americans.

Answer 6

I agree with The Nikki! Sure, Kerry and Gore probably would have been sucky presidents too. But that doesn't change the fact that I (and many, many others) hate Bush. He's an idiot, and I can think of tons of people that could do a way better job!

Here's some names for ya!!
1- Harry Reid
2- Jim Matheson
3- Mayor Caroon
4- Mitt Romney
5- My daddy, haha
6- Gordon B. Hinckley
my list goes on and on, but you get the point.

Answer 7

By Luke Ryland
September 11, 2007
Opednews.com
Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds has made a number of disturbing claims about the 911 attacks, but perhaps the most disconcerting is her oft-repeated statement that the US authorities have covered up an entire organizational layer within al-Qaeda.

In the documentary, Kill The Messenger, Sibel says:

"They haven't mentioned anybody who actually is connected to Al Qaida, in mid or higher level."
Similarly, Sibel often says:
"And I would like to give an analogy - if you take the War on Drugs, imagine if they only went after street dealers and they refused to investigate the mid-level dealers or the drug lords. This is very similar."
As we approach another 911 anniversary, it's time we learnt:
1) Who are these mid and high-level al-Qaida operatives?
2) What role did they play in planning 911?
3) What operational support did they provide?
4) Why they are still roaming free today?
5) Why did the US authorities continually exclude key participants from the official narrative?

Answer 8

1st off Bush was right to invade Afghanistan to get Osama & NO Kerry nor Gore would have done better, BUT...Bush ignored the signs of us killing our planet but thas another point for another time...What i will say is this...where's Osama? Not in Iraq thas for sure. The Iraq war was a giant waist of our hard earned tax dollars. With the near trillion dollars waisted we could have built up our borders put air mashalls on every flight, and sent in more troops to find & kill Osama, but what he do, create a lie that Saddam posed a threat to us, when he wasnt & before u say he was, ask yourself where the WMD's are? Then he adds more troops. I'll tell u what though, i cant wait for 1-20-09, unless it's Hillary, who wants a combined family income of $70,000 to be taxed like the rich. If that ***** becomes President i will move to Canada in a NY minute.

Answer 9

While you may be right, there is NO way to tell how anyone else would respond. Sure, they may have done a poor job, but they also may have done a great job. We just don't know and will never know. The fact that George Bush has done a poor job at handling this problem makes me believe nearly anybody BUT George Bush could have done better. I may be wrong, but you may be too. We can't dwell too much on how someone "might have done" in that situation because it is impossible to tell unless, God forbid, it happens again to someone else. This is one of the few praises I give to George Bush, that he is handling terrorism to the best of his ability (I believe) and not buckling under pressure and "losing it" so to speak.

Answer 10

Bush wanted a reason to go into Iraq before 9/11 even happened. Do some research. Bush is not listening to the American public or the majority of congress as he is pursuing this war. He is stubborn and unwilling to change his ideas. He is not "for the people" he is for himself. It Gore and Kerry were the leaders of America now, I strongly believe the severity of 9/11 would have been lessened, and we would not be in Iraq right now.