Yep, your right.
Damn that Bush for causing Katrina. He pushed the hurricane button and whoosh, there goes New Orleans. (Sarcasm.)
Now for the list:
Iraq:
I think we should have gone in a lot sooner then we did. Bush didn’t have a strong enough force there, and decided to run a stupid fucking politically correct war instead of a proper one.
Katrina:
He didn’t know what was going on as well as he should have, but he was constrained by the laws, and the locals who didn’t give him the go ahead.
911:
If you blame him for this, you are a nut. No ifs ands or butts about it.
There is a whole intelligence agency there who’s job it is to deal with this shit. To blame Bush for that is foolish. But to imply that he actually had something to do with it involves nutty conspiracy theories that require proof if such statements are to be made.
Osama’s continuing freedom:
Is he actually the one out there trying to catch Osama? Why does anyone think this is easy anyway? Do you know where he is? 100meters did mention a true event that occurred where Osama had the potential of being captured, or eliminated. And was not given the military help he requested, giving Osama a better chance to get away. But I doubt Bush even know about it until it was over. It is the Generals making direct military decisions, not Bush.
Afghanistan falling back into Taliban hands:
Well I believe it is the south that is unfortunately comming under the control of the Taliban, not the entire country. But does Bush have the political power to make a big push there again? Or will he be attacked once again as an aggressor attacking those “innocent and peaceful” Taliban leaders?
A lot more attention needs to be put back on Afghanistan. When we went into Iraq I stated that we should not forget Afghanistan.
Both in Iraq and Afghanistan, any fighting we do, we kick ass, but they keep coming. There are a lot of brainwashed people over there. (Something that really got going in the 70’s.) But if we change to say Howard Dean as president, will we leave Afghanistan? And is that a good thing?
Gas prices:
Uh, yeah right. Bush controls the entire world oil market, and all the idiot speculators who were bidding up oil way beyond what was necessary. It should be pointed out that China, originally a net exporter of oil and now net importer, along with India uses as much oil as the whole world did 10 years ago. This is a big change, and effects the supply/demand ratio. Plus if you understand how the market works, you would realize that when oil is cheap, people quit looking for more, and actually quit pumping as much. You cannot blame Bush for market forces out of his control. If things were as you are trying to imply, why is oil dropping right now?
America losing the respect of the world:
Did we ever have the respect of the world? We have always been looked down upon as inferior and boorish by other countries. Part of the reason is that we are the big guys. Nobody likes the most powerful or successful, whether it’s a business, government, or person.
How are you treated after gaining more muscle, and getting lean? Better, or looked at like you must be an asshole now?
And since when were we supposed to run our government based on how popular we are? This ain?t no freakin beauty contest after all.
I thought we were not supposed to live our lives based on making others happy. How exactly did the most popular girl in school become that way?
Eavesdropping:
On terrorists? And don’t act like it was more then that.
Torture:
You mean making people listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers, and keeping them up late? I thought that was called going to college, but no, we call that torture.
My idea of torture is hurting somebody. You know, ripping off fingernails, cutting off body parts, burning people. But we are not doing that. Anyone who we know of that has gone overboard was punished.
Do not forget that what you call torture, and I do not, has saved literally thousands of lives, and prevented terror attacks here in America and elsewhere.
The interrogators did have specific rules they follow, and the ones I have heard interviewed have stated that torture does not work, but the coercive techniques, which are more mental then anything, do.
Now none of this means he has done a great job. But I am amazed at what has been accomplished considering everything that has been put in the way.
The simple fact that you call him King Dipshit shows your bias here. And interestingly all this has little to do with politics, and more to do with gossip. Instead of discussing the issues, we end up discussing the person.
The crazy ignorance that resulted in Clinton hate has been multiplied exponentially on Bush. The idea seriously is to discuss the issues, and not come to an opinion based on, “Because I hate Bushie.”
There is plenty that has gone wrong, and plenty of things Bush has done wrong, and things where the blame can be places squarely on Bush. But that does not mean every fucking thing in the world is his fault, or that he should be hated, just because you disagree with his politics.
And these long winded discussions are why I avoid this place.
