Wag the Dog?
Bill Clinton's U.S. Policy on Iraq
http://www.conservativeusa.org/wagdog.htm
OPPOSE WAR ON IRAQ
http://www.conservativeusa.org/iraq-war.htm
2007-12-28 06:15:52 · 12 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Wagging The Dog - from my understanding - was when Republicans claimed that Bill Clinton was making Terrorist threats seem like something bigger than what they supposedly were.
They seemed to consider his infidelity to be a more important issue at the time.
We now know differently.... some of us.
2007-12-28 06:38:27 · answer #1 · answered by rabble rouser 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope it was from a movie by that name. It's a really hilarious flick too. It was a parralel between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky and the start of many minor, meager military adventures the Clinton administration carried out to take media attention away from a stained blue dress. All the little military actions were rather impotent attempts to draw media attention.
Almost a year later Clinton got us into the war against the Serbs, which was a big mistake, the Serbs were Al Qaeda's number one enemy then. Serbs were kicking some Al Qaeda butt, and Clinton and his toady Clark bombed the crap outta the Serbs. The only bright spot in that was, the Chinese embassy in Belgrade was hit by accident. (OOPS)
Now we and the rest of NATO still have troops in Bosnia wasting time and resources and being very supportive of Al Qaeda.
The war in Iraq has none of the characteristics of a "Wag the Dog" model, if you've seen the movie.
2007-12-28 06:56:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was their claim that Clinton took action against bin Laden and Iraq to take attention off the sham impeachment proceedings.
They said bin Laden wasn't a threat.
Look what a brilliant belief that was.
2007-12-28 06:30:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They claimed he started a war to distract attention from the futile investigations into his business dealings and sex life.
"Why does the dog wag his tail?
Because the dog is smarter than the tail. If the tail were smarter than the dog, the tail would wag the dog."
2007-12-28 06:21:53 · answer #4 · answered by Amy 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The title of a Dustin Hoffman/Robert DiNiro move where a "fictional" President creates a war in the Balkans to divert attention from another sex scandal at home...
..my guess it wasn't one of the favorites at the White House theater...
2007-12-28 06:22:50 · answer #5 · answered by u_bin_called 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As a blond Guerilla Fighter from a family with all known members also being blond. You have caught me in a clueless state. We have no idea what Repiblicans think or why they do anything.
2007-12-28 06:19:29 · answer #6 · answered by Guerilla Liberal fighter 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means to start a war in Iraq to divert attention from Osama bin Laden, which is what Bush did.
2007-12-28 06:19:49 · answer #7 · answered by Darth Vader 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Its the same thing Hitlery is doing on the campaign trail now.
2007-12-28 08:09:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG...this article based on the link provided is incredible. It really goes to show how two-faced the Republicans are!
2007-12-28 06:43:34 · answer #9 · answered by Becca 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they were more worry about him getting a bj.they said it themselves in the link lets not change the subject and focus on the impeachment of bush
2007-12-28 06:31:37 · answer #10 · answered by tyler "god of typos" 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋