05-02-2013, 02:20 AM
LRRPF52 Wrote:It's very simplistic to categorize the Iraq pretext to war as a lie and blame Bush for it...Well, no chemical weapons were ever found in Iraq, and since Bush was President, that means he rightly deserves the blame.
Quote:Ronald Reagan did not sell weapons to Iran to fund the formerly overt war in Nicaragua, George H. W. Bush/Oliver North/William Secord did...As President, Reagan was ultimately responsible for all actions of members of his Administration.
Quote:Republican Presidents have not appointed 2 KKK members to the Supreme Court, racially-profiled patriotic Americans and interned them in prison camps, or presided over the biggest economic crises in US history. It wasn't a Republican President that oversaw the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, and went against the findings of the Rand Corporation to throw tens of thousands of lives wastefully into Indochina in a conventional military approach.Yes. I have no love for Democratic Presidents. All I was saying is that I don't see how the current President is any worse than his predecessors, regardless of party.
Quote:As far as change goes, there's nothing that will ever compel me to recognize the degradation of our Nation, and simply accept it as destiny without working to counteract the forces of self-servitude.You don't have to accept it as destiny. My point is that you may not be able to prevent it. Just look at all of the changes which have been implemented in the past two centuries. They were all opposed by a portion of the populace, and supported by the remainder. If you (and like-minded individuals) lack sufficient power to stop the changes, they will happen.