Comments on: Losing The War On Terror — Everywhere

The Nation: From Ethiopia To Pakistan, Bush's Foreign Policy Is In A Meltdown

[zoopster1]

This is what I love about The Nation. They write about Bush''s failures as though they are a GOOD thing. And they wonder why guys like Bill O''Reilly accuse them of being anti-American. Get this straight: failures of policy, diplomacy or military intervention are NEVER a good thing for this country; I don''t give a *** WHO''S in the White House. Note to The Nation: it''s easy to be a Monday morning quarterback. But I don''t exactly see YOU putting forward any bright ideas.

[logicanada]

marcus monroe . . . nice sentiment. Try telling it to the children being born severely deformed after U.S. troops fired depleted uranium rounds into their towns, or the the deformed children of U.S. troops exposed to depleted uranium ammo. Go to mindprod.com/politics/iraqwarpics.html. Have a look if you can bear it and then come back and apologize to your fellow countrymen for the nonsense you are posting.

[getit1776]

LOL...LOL again.. The LIBS just don''''t get it! Tell me all you whiny moaning LIBS. How many times has the homeland been attacked since 9-11-01. Oh, NONE. That''''s what the LIBS call failure? Clinton was a failure by not going after the multitude of attacks this country endured during his reign. posted by mbcsmith

My God do people actually believe this spew? This must be a joke post.

[cmnsense]

To mbcsmith: How many times has the homeland been attacked since 2-26-93. Oh, ONE. How many times has the homeland been attacked since 12-07-41. Oh, TWICE.

%u201CConcentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.%u201D %u2013 President Ronald Reagan

%u201CAll tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.%u201D
%u2013 President Thomas Jefferson

%u201CRepetition does not transform a lie into a truth.%u201D %u2013 President Franklin Roosevelt

[mbcsmith]

LOL...LOL again.. The LIBS just don''t get it! Tell me all you whiny moaning LIBS. How many times has the homeland been attacked since 9-11-01. Oh, NONE. That''s what the LIBS call failure? Clinton was a failure by not going after the multitude of attacks this country endured during his reign.

[terrapin78]

New headline:

Everything Bu$h Touched Melts Down

Now that is TRUTH!

[tburzio]

How do you know when you''ve spent enough on defense?

No bright flash.

[ghostcommand]

What War on Terror. For the most part the war on terror stopped on 3-19-03 with the Invasion of Iraq and continu ing occupation.Iraq makes for a great smokescreen for the Bush/Cheney Fascist Criminal Enterprise. Forty percent of every dollar spent in Iraq goes to no-bid and over-inflated contracts that may cost the country $800,000,000,000--that amount is $8,000 for every man woman and child in the USA.; Our National Debt has increased by 57% and still climbing and Bush/Cheney want more for their cronies. We have been in Iraq 1689 days and have lost over 4,000 of our young, brave soldiers. Over 25,000 have been wounded and 20% of the wounded have horrible disabling injuries. Where is the light at the end of the tunnel? Why win a war with so much money to be made? Who have they not radicalized in the Muslim world and even our allies. Do they want a forever supply of terrorists? Are they blinded by GREED? Cut the funding and bring our soldiers home!

[johnny_chaos]

marcusmonroe where do you find out about this? kind of reminds me of the victory in korea and vietnam where little crowds used to follow G.I.s asking what your name? worked well there. also, what is terroism? is it a belief? is it a policy? is it a tangable enemy? or is it the effect you get when your door is kicked down and your waterboarded in gods & countrys name?

[johnny_chaos]

Bush & Co are just the moronic children of Reaganism. what were seeing is the end results of faith based & magic thinking at their best. watch the wheels fall off. god, every republican administration in the last 40 years has ended in disgrace and national bankruptcy. what a bunch of self-deluding crack heads these people must be. i think i heard somewhere the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting differnt results.

[marcusmonroe]

TERRORISIM IS DOOMED TO LOSE
Innumerable thousands of Iraqi children follow Americans soldiers everywhere in groups of 10-30, laughing and chatting with our boys, yelling "Mister, what your name?", bouncing with excitment and admiration. This is not about begging for sweets, its about adoring our soldiers'' unique compassion, courage and competence. Those 6-15-year-olds, so discounted by the media, moves and shakers, are the real future of the Middle East. Kids know goodness when they see it, and intuit that sooner or later their American heros will win, and the whole human race will win with them.

[klifton2-2009]

The day Bush was put into office by the Supreme Court and his corporate backers, it was truly a day of infamy. There is no end in a long list of indictments against the American people for putting up with the Bush/Cheney administration. There should be a clarion call for the citizens of a once proud Republic to send a clear message to both Houses. Impeach Bush and Cheney or else...If Americans call America their country, why do they allow this administration of bums and war profiteers to run amok in your name?

[andor3]

It is dangerous to write off the Bush policy failures as incompetence, blunders, and moronic decisions. While Bush may be a moron, the policy and decisions are from a lot of other people, and are part of a carefully planned strategy formed by think tanks and planners.

It is a terrible strategy, one that not only failed but caused a lot of death destruction worldwide and damaged the USA and the Constitution.

We must learn the correct lesson: this is not the failing of a lone bumbler, it is the failure of the policy of favoring rich and elites, corporate profit and military force.

The architects of the failed policy would like us all to think it is the President who is flawed, but it is really their policy failure we must remember and not repeat.

[trillion1]

He''s left us wide open to a terrorist attack by refusing to secure our borders and then putting a cadaverous dolt incharge of DHS.

[logicanada]

Anyone who thinks the Bush regime wants to ''win'' the war on terror is blind. Things are goi9ng just fine for him and his cronies as far as global conflict is concerned. Death = money. The more death, the more money for the neocons.

[taxguydave]

I''ve said all along that "terrorism" is not a problem that can be solved by military means. If it was, then Israel would already be free of suicide bombers.

Terrorism has nothing to do with why we are in Iraq, or for that matter, Afghanistan. The "War On Terror" was created as an excuse to do things that had already been planned.

Intelligence and police work are how terrorism is effectively countered. James Bond foils terrorist plots, not Rambo.

Now we have nuclear-armed Pakistan about to fall into the hands of extremists. We could have helped to prevent this situation by applying pressure to our "friend" Musharraf to restore democracy to his country. Instead, we wasted our political capital on Iraq.

Speaking of Iraq, I keep hearing talk about "winning" or "losing" Iraq. There were really no defined objectives in the first place, therefore, if we "won", how would we know? At what point have we "lost"

[feelfree1]

Nothing that a bit of tar and feathers could not remedy.

[mswolfestock]

Let''s face it - the whole world knows what we are too afraid to admit. Bush is a moron, and his moronic "policies" are the reason that the whole world hates us. His "policies" are not working and he''s too stupid to get any help, and it''s probably way too late for anybody to make up for all the problems Bush has caused anyway. He''s the worst president the country has ever had and I doubt if the rest of the world will ever get over the problems he has caused.

[imspecter]

Impeachment is too good for this administration.
I believe that all those in congress who voted for the war and still support it should be sent to Iraq to fight. If they are too old or physically not able, then they can be used in a support role over there.
In addition, all citizens who feel the war is justified should also be made to back up their support by being sent over.