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[acroyear]

"They said that President Bush's war in Iraq has cost the former Spanish prime minister his job. President Bush isn't just losing American jobs, he's branching out into other countries now. He's losing their jobs too now." -- Leno, 3/17/04

oh, and...



Are the new Bush TV adds "Weapons of Mass Distraction" ?

Comments

Re: If ANYONE has any intelligence...

[blueeowyn.livejournal.com]

Joe, sorry about taking over your LJ but...

I agree that Saddam had to go down (as did his sons). However, the way that Bush handled the whole thing gives the US as a whole a major black eye in the political arena (it is going to be a lot harder in the future to get other countries to agree to doing anything with the history of the lies and deception). We also know (thanks to non-US media) that a lot of the 'heroics' of the war that made it to TV were staged (or at least highly set-up) by the media arm of the army. I am NOT saying that there weren't heroics, but that some of the footage of heroics wasn't.

At this point in time the "we are better than anyone" view of the stereotypical American is annoying, grating, and just plain rude when we travel overseas. Bush's actions and 'tude are just over-sized versions of the same thing. He did NOT consolidate his positions before moving north (hence some of the troubles behind the non-existent line). He did not plan HOW to deal with the country after the hostilities were dealt with. He did not have a plan for how to get OUT of the country. He may have had a plan for which companies would get preference at contracts w/out having to be in a bid process.

Right now the US media is showing a lot of terrorism by groups but NOT showing terrorism by certain groups (Israel). We hear of the horrible conditions in prisons in Iraq but NOT of the ones in Guatanomo....