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| Condi On the Record: Barack Obama is lucky he isn't inheriting Saddam Hussein. |
| 2008-12-12 |
| This is the same argument, almost verbatim, that I have used to argue in favor of The Bush Doctrine and the administration's foreign policy. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who sees things this way: "So, I just don't understand this argument that it is so much worse. I always say, 'as opposed to what?' Syrian forces in Lebanon and no democracy. Saddam Hussein in power, threatening his neighbors and us. The Taliban in Afghanistan. The Palestinians and Israelis in an open intifada. That was the better Middle East? And it wasn't as if politics wasn't going on -- it was just going on in radical mosques and the madrassas, whereas now it is going on in the open. And yes, once in a while the Hamases of the world will win, but frankly I'd rather have them out in electoral politics trying to explain how they will fix the sewer system than running the streets with their faces covered, being the glorious resistance." |
| Posted by:eltoroverde |
| #1 OTOH, compare wid INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > HOW JOHN MCCAIN, A SUSPECTED RED MOLE, THREW THE 2008 US ELECTION IN OBAMA'S FAVOR!? IOW, Article = so-called "MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE(S)", what used to be called during the COLD WAR as "RED/LEFT HORSES", as oppos to political "Black/Dark Horses" [US History]. UNFORTUNATELY FOR OBAMA, THE ARTICLE STRONGLY INFERS HIS HORSE IS ALSO RED = "MANCHURIAN"??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-12-12 20:04 |