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| Gore in Iraq (by Roger Simon) | |
| 2007-10-03 | |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #8 Intersting how pretty much everyone was thankful Gore wasn't elected back in the day, and now his image has been transformed into "he would have done the same thing, the good stuff at least". I know that's not what Roger Simon is saying but I've heard it before. I do not think Gore would have gone into Afghanistan. I do not htink he would have done anything militarily. He might have done something serious regrading alternate energy and perhaps border protection. That might have had long term positives we can't fathom at this point. But he certainly wouldn't have invaded anything. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-10-03 13:16 |
| #7 Yes, Seafarious, that's why Gore needed a lockbox. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-10-03 12:28 |
| #6 Would Sandy Berger have been one of his advisors? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-10-03 11:55 |
| #5 Not only would Gore not have invaded Iraq, but Gore would have left Al Queda and the Taliban in power in Afghanistan. Gore is still stuck on Vietnam and doesn't believe the U.S. is capable of carrying out those types of operations. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2007-10-03 11:28 |
| #4 it is tragic how many deaths and how much suffering is unnecessarily caused by lack of unity and political infighting, and I strongly believe Repubs would have supported serious Dem actions far, far more than the Dems support Repub actions. The donks, (JFK, LBJ, and Clinton's mentor, Fulbright, took us into Viet Nam. And the trunks by and large supported them, Morse notwithstanding. But when support collapsed it was all donk with only New Englanders like Aiken joining them. The party of the president won't matter. The donks will oppose the war because it gets in the way of their efforts to bribe the voters with new programs. It's been true since the War of 1812. The only wars the donks and New Englanders have really supported were the Revolution, the Civil War and WWII. They won't support this one until they find out the Wahabbis want to end abortion on demand. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-10-03 09:29 |
| #3 Like the House Republicans went after President Clinton's sex life instead of supporting the war against fascism in Serbia? Look, in retrospect I think the Serbs had a point. If I could look back and find a single Republican pointing to the danger of backing muslims in Bosnia instead of frothing at the mouth over a White House intern I would concede I had missed something obvious to the received wisdom of the day. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-10-03 09:05 |
| #2 That said, I am now starting to conclude that the US should not enter into any war unless it is done by Dems The Dems did vote on it - remember? |
| Posted by: Unutle McGurque8861 2007-10-03 08:25 |
| #1 I doubt Roger is right this time. Gore might well have come to the same conclusions as Bush regarding the need to invade, but he would not have had the courage to act on it, and incur the disapproval of people. That said, I am now starting to conclude that the US should not enter into any war unless it is done by Dems: it is tragic how many deaths and how much suffering is unnecessarily caused by lack of unity and political infighting, and I strongly believe Repubs would have supported serious Dem actions far, far more than the Dems support Repub actions. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-10-03 07:43 |