White Warlock wrote:lol, you guys are hilarious. You're confusing Franklin D. Roosevelt with Teddy Roosevelt.
Franklin was the one who carried the big stick and talked all quiet and Teddy was the one who created a new deal! Get it straight crooked.
*whistles while walking along.*
He (Honest abe.) also spoke out against unnecessary wars by the US, "God of Heaven has forgotten to defend the weak and innocent, and permitted the strong band of murderers and demons from hell to kill men, women, and children, and lay waste and pillage the land of the just."
The "murderers and demons from hell" in that sentence are Americans.... Imagine what he would say about the second atomic bomb or the destruction of Iraq.
Good for you, you can read but like all good cherry picking democrats you use it for an alternative purpose. This speech was in reference to the mexican war and then presidents polks inane justification thereof. Democrats love to use this in reference to bush and how Iraq was a unecessary war.
Bush stated a war on terror before Iraq.
There was no threat of invasion by Iraq.
There may, or may have not been WMDs in Iraq during the time leading up to the invasion.
There are links between Saddam and terrorism.
A war on terror would also mean a war against those who sell weapons and support groups that use terror to influence, use kidnappings & sales of drugs to gain money to fund terror. This includes Saddam. This was made obvious by George W. Bush's speeches. There should also be a long list of attrocities commited by the now dead-ass dictator Saddam hussien some where on the net.
Troops find weapon cache's in Iraq all the time - These belong to terrorists who were not in Iraq prior to invasion but those that cross border in order to kill american troops, spread propganda (see mujahadeen videos), and disrupt the recovery of the Iraqi government.
Not all the facts found by troops are under full disclosure to us, do nothing, couch-sitting, political pundits. America isn't at war, the marines are at war. Hoorah.
Despite the "majority" of americans who think that the Iraq war was a mistake it is entirely justified, indeed, at the time supported by congress.
Make note of the fact that unlike bush, lincoln waged a totally unconstitutional war. - I'm just glad it turned out the way it did, we're better off for it, regardless of the politics of the day. Indeed america turned out for the better because of it. Anti-war, anti-nation building is ENTIRELY still a republican platform. This idea of interventionalism to describe Bush's policies are an invention of democrats to create positive public polls due to war weariness. Where, I ask, were these anti-war democrats during 1980s - 2000? Plenty of conflicts to yell about, but none as important or as long lasting? Republicans will always do the right thing, even when we have to drag you along, kicking and screaming.
One more opinionated thought; Is it just me or do democrats seem to be reaching out to claim Lincoln as their own. Good luck with carpetbagging the past, my friends.
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That's right, Teddy Roosevelt. A rather forgettable figure in American political history you might say.
