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rdean
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Right wingers constantly scream, "He keeps leading from behind". Presumably, Bush was "leading" his enormous "coalition" that invaded Iraq. Now that is "leading". 165,000 American troops.
Then there were the 2 from Iceland
46 from Armenia
61 from New Zealand
A whopping 300 from Hungary
The list goes on and on.
And how many only stayed a year or less?
This wasn't a "coalition" of partners. It was a bribe and a show. How much money do you think each of those countries were paid?
And Republicans are screaming:
HE SHOULD BE BOMBING HERE AND BOMBING THERE AND WE SHOULD SEND TROOPS AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE END OF THE WORLD (and here you should be wildly waving your hands as if broken at the wrists overhead and shitting your pants)
I believe he's doing what has to be done. States like Sunni Arabia need to get their hands dirty. The middle east must police itself. Just because they have trillions in oil, doesn't mean they outsource problems facing their countries.
Oil countries sending us off to war is like Republicans sending minorities and the poor off to war. The rich play the game, the rest of us are the pawns.
And the GOP base falls for it every single time.
The problem here is that both Bushes set precedence that the US will rush in and sacrifice US troops to do what they should be doing themselves. Obama understands this.
So this will be painful, it will be bloody, but if we don't get Sunni Arabia and Jordan and other countries involved, we will be doing just what the GOP and the oil sheiks want us to do.
Then there were the 2 from Iceland
46 from Armenia
61 from New Zealand
A whopping 300 from Hungary
The list goes on and on.
And how many only stayed a year or less?
This wasn't a "coalition" of partners. It was a bribe and a show. How much money do you think each of those countries were paid?
And Republicans are screaming:
HE SHOULD BE BOMBING HERE AND BOMBING THERE AND WE SHOULD SEND TROOPS AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE END OF THE WORLD (and here you should be wildly waving your hands as if broken at the wrists overhead and shitting your pants)
I believe he's doing what has to be done. States like Sunni Arabia need to get their hands dirty. The middle east must police itself. Just because they have trillions in oil, doesn't mean they outsource problems facing their countries.
Oil countries sending us off to war is like Republicans sending minorities and the poor off to war. The rich play the game, the rest of us are the pawns.
And the GOP base falls for it every single time.
The problem here is that both Bushes set precedence that the US will rush in and sacrifice US troops to do what they should be doing themselves. Obama understands this.
So this will be painful, it will be bloody, but if we don't get Sunni Arabia and Jordan and other countries involved, we will be doing just what the GOP and the oil sheiks want us to do.