Post by topcatPost by Douglas OtisPresident Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty turned out to be a bigger
quagmire than Vietnam? It shows how success can be overlooked as the
standards change. Fewer going hungry, empowered to vote, and living
in far better conditions, but of course, still considered poor. At
least the goal was to prevent wasting lives and it has.
Nice rationalization.
You are not living in a dirt shack without food, unable to vote,
uneducated, and without access to health care. The head start
program, voting, health care, and food programs made a significant
difference to many and the country has benefited by rasing living
standards. How noble is rationalization for again doing nothing?
Post by topcatPost by Douglas OtisHow does that compare with the precipitous drop in world opinion of
the US, the thousands dead, and the dozen a day of US troops mangled
in defending Bush's spoils? We have cut off relations that may have
enabled locating Bin Laden. What was this war even about?
I couldn't care less what the rest of the world thinks. Remember 9/11?
Hijacking of airplanes on 9-11-01 had *nothing* to do with Iraq. This
is just subterfuge to justify a rush to attack Iraq. As a result,
rather than curtailing terrorism, unjustified attacks upon Iraq did
just the opposite. You should care what the rest of the world thinks.
Post by topcatUp until then the world looked at the US as a paper tiger. Now things have
changed and it's time for them to get used to the US using it's power. So
far they aren't very receptive to the idea, and who can blame them after 8
years of Klinton appeasement?
Now the US is seen as imperialists eager to bomb third world countries
to exploit resources. Resources at a poor bargain (except for a few
favored corporations). So much for improving world trade and keeping
jobs at home.
Post by topcatPost by Douglas OtisHer opinion makes Ann Coulters ugly.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Ann's opinions make her better-looking
by the minute.
Clearly, ugly is as ugly does. Join the ranks of the ugly.
Doug