TemplarKormac
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And, we were united. And then Bush used the oppurtunity to vilify his opponents and lie us into a war and offend most of the world.
And oddly, never caught the guy who actually masterminded the whole thing.
Interestingly enough Joe, his Intel helped Obama kill the guy responsible... Better to lie us into war, than lie your way into office.
Bush did that too with "compassionate conservatism" and a "more humble" foreign policy:
While the Bush Doctrine of preemption sharply contrasts with the "more humble" foreign policy publicly advocated in 2000 by presidential candidate Bush, who repeatedly promised to avoid the interventionist "nation building" exploits of his predecessor, it has a developmental history going back to at least the early 1990's.Rhetoric and Reality - Origins and Goals of the Bush National Security StrategyOctober 11, 2000 The Second Gore-Bush Presidential Debate (transcript)
"....It really depends upon how our nation conducts itself in foreign policy. If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. If we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll welcome us. And it's -- our nation stands alone right now in the world in terms of power, and that's why we have to be humble. And yet project strength in a way that promotes freedom. So I don't think they ought to look at us in any way other than what we are. We're a freedom-loving nation and if we're an arrogant nation they'll view us that way, but if we're a humble nation they'll respect us."
If Obama had said that we should be humble on the international stage, you'd hate him even more than you do now...if that were possible.
As I recall, all of Bush's actions after the year 2001 contradicted those statements. Or am I wrong?
Oh look, another "well you just hate Obama because he's black" post. Geez louise, find some different material...
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