Silly Librul Media
"Steps toward democracy in the Arab world, a crucial American goal that just months ago was cause for optimism — with elections held in Iraq, Egypt and the Palestinian areas — are slowing, blocked by legal maneuvers and official changes of heart throughout the Middle East."
Where is the moonshine and roses?
Where is the moonshine and roses?
posted by George W. Bush at 1:26 PM
5 Comments:
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that perfect democracies with no flaws have not sprouted overnight in the middle east. We are 3 years into a multi generational effort, similiar to the cold war (unless Russ Feingold gets elected and runs up the white flag, ala the Frech or Chamberlein).
I'm sorry that dealing with this deadly threat has exceeded your attention span.
Thank God the Republicans have figured out that permanent tax cuts will generate permanent economic growth, and increased federal revenues. Otherwise one might worry that a permanent war on terror and a multi-generational middle east democratization project might be a little expensive.
But even if their magic formula didn't work, Reagan proved deficits don't matter. That way, when my great grandchildren congratulate their female Saudi peers on finally being able to drive, they'll do so saddled with crushing, though meaningless, debt.
If Feingold gets elected and runs up the white flag, wouldn't that be his mandate and prerogative? That's what democracy is all about.
"If Feingold gets elected and runs up the white flag, wouldn't that be his mandate and prerogative? That's what democracy is all about"
Yes, it would be his mandate, but it doesn't mean he would be right. Chamberlein was elected in Britain as an appeaser, and that didn't work out to well for Europe, USSR, or the Jews.
Your argument about the deficit is seperate from if the the war is necessary or correct. I would advocate slashing spending to balance the budget, not raising taxes.
Harry Truman cut the non-military budget 33%!!!!! at the start of the Korean War. I am angry at Bush and the Republican congress for not at cutting spending, or at least holding its growth to the rate of inflation. You could make the argument from a Keynsien point that in the wake of 9/11 the government needed to spend more since we were already in a recession and then the aftershocks. However, the economy is booming today and now is the time to cut spending.
"If Feingold gets elected and runs up the white flag, wouldn't that be his mandate and prerogative? That's what democracy is all about"
Yes, it would be his mandate, but it doesn't mean he would be right. Chamberlein was elected in Britain as an appeaser, and that didn't work out to well for Europe, USSR, or the Jews.
Your argument about the deficit is seperate from if the the war is necessary or correct. I would advocate slashing spending to balance the budget, not raising taxes.
Harry Truman cut the non-military budget 33%!!!!! at the start of the Korean War. I am angry at Bush and the Republican congress for not at cutting spending, or at least holding its growth to the rate of inflation. You could make the argument from a Keynsien point that in the wake of 9/11 the government needed to spend more since we were already in a recession and then the aftershocks. However, the economy is booming today and now is the time to cut spending.
I don't get your position. You want to government to cut spending, but also to spend money on the multi-generational war on terror/middle east democratization project? And you want this all to happen without a tax increase?
"The economy is booming," you say. Then we should be able to salt away some money for this multi-generational effort, so that when it's not booming, we won't be running deficits.
You want the cow AND the milk for free - you can't have it both ways. The drunken-sailor spending spree the GOP is on doesn't even COUNT the war - that's all borrowed money!
"Your argument about the deficit is seperate from if the the war is necessary or correct." Well, fiscal solvency is part of national security, so they are not separate at all. Borrowing hundreds of billions to pay for a decades-long war makes us less safe.
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