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Unread 03-04-2004, 02:13
D.J. Fluck
 
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Re: Kerry or Bush and why?

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Originally Posted by Aaron Knight
There are many Iraqis (note the lack of apostrophe) out there that are gracious for our removal of Saddam Hussein. However, they also have the right to shape their own destiny - they want us out of there. We are NOT the police force of the world, and we shouldn't force our ways on them. What works here may not work there - they are a very different culture from our own and installing a US-centered government is sure to fail.

There are good things that we've done in Iraq, as well as some atrocities (sp?).

I will say, I support our troops. That's why I think we should bring them home.

I've been quiet and I intend to stay quiet, but I have to say this..

The last time forces overtook a country and let them recover on their own it led to the rise of a man that was mostly responsible for the deaths of nearly 10 million people...(Hitler). After that, the country was held under control of many different countries for many years...if the major countries would have followed through in the first place and helped with the recovery, Hitler would most likely never have never come to power...

Even though I agree that something needed to be done in Iraq, many mistakes were made. Since the United Nations is a big joke you really can't rely on them at all. We're here in Iraq now, and even though they don't like it and many Americans don't like it, there really isn't much you can do except play this out and guide them...

This whole Iraq thing is similar to a teenager vs the parent. The coalition forces are the parents and the Iraqi people are the teenagers. The teenager is at the age where they want to be let go from the parents and be free, but they are still developing into an adult...they are almost there, but not quite. Many positive steps in the right direction but since a lot of the media is biased towards the left all you, the people see is the violence and deaths (even though you can't disregard that..).


I don't really consider myself a fan of the Bush Administration, but you'd never see me voting for John Kerry. Honestly, I'm surprised Kerry even has set positions on issues because they flip flop so much.....he's all talk and a walking contradiction (term supplied by Ryan Dognaux ). Originally he supported the war on Iraq and when he noticed the Howard Dean uprising and his opposition to the war he switched it to he didn't support it because apparently thats what the voters wanted to hear...now I'm not even sure what his position is. Also I saw on NBC news the other night that Mr Kerry sent a letter showing his support for Operation Desert Storm...but 2 weeks later he sent a letter out showing his opposition for the war...I mean come on people why would you want this guy to lead your country?

I'm sure he's a nice guy and all, but his campaign people really need to work on the way he appears in public. There is only so much you can do to a boring and dull person to make them seem exciting...and I think they went beyond his limit there... I wonder if he has the same people that ran Al Gore's campaign or the people that made Bob Dole appear to be this grouchy old man during his campaign in 96...


I consider myself to be a moderate republican and I'm not an uber Bush Admin supporter, but he has made great progress in protecting this country. Over the last year or so I have done much research into the Department of Homeland Security, and to correct the earlier poster who said something to the extent of Bush made the government larger with the DHS....DHS isn't really much of a new department. The DHS was created to have better communication between organizations such as INS, Secret Service, the Coast Guard, ATF and many others. Basically they took several organizations that already exist and told them all to report to one guy. Yeah so someone got a new office and there is another chair filled at cabinet meetings, but nothing new was actually created. It was just reorganized.


George Bush and his administration are no saints...duh...none of these DC boys & girls are..but the whole of the other party challenging the current office holder in a election is to convince the voting public that they can do a better job then the current person. Has John Kerry convinced me? Nope and I seriously doubt he ever will...