Does Bush even believe that we are fighting a war on terror?

[ck4829]

Think about it:

Tax cuts during a time of war

Bush having himself a merry time, singing songs with friends, participating in photo-ops, etc.

Touting a divisive Socially Conservative Agenda when Bush says publicly that we need to be united

Bush is a Big spender. During times of war, Presidents usually call for fiscal restraint, right? Well, why then is Bush one of the most money hungry Presidents that we have EVER seen. His reelection ball was the most expensive in history. When FDR had his reelection ceremony, it was very NOT fancy. Also, Bush is building a Presidential Library that will cost over $500 million, Fiscal Restraint? Ha!

This War on Terror is the most miserable political charade that we, as a People, have ever seen, and I think that's time to call Bush out on it.

[Phredicles]

1. Your error is in looking for logic from Gaius Caligula Bush.

The guy is both dumber than a box of rocks and mad as a hatter.

[jaxx]

2. He's got oil in his eyes.

It remains to be seen if the people we elected will do what is asked of them. So far they seem to be backing off.......unless we're waiting for the January surprise?

[Crazy Dave]

3. I think he really does believe it

And when informed critics prove him wrong it's the hands over the ears thing with "la, la, la, I can't hear you", "you're being un-patriotic", "la, la, la".

[catnhatnh]

4. He OWNS his own terrorists....

and reminds me of the old WC Fields speaking of his whiskey flask-paraphrasing here "I always carry it with me in case I am bitten by a snake-which I also carry"....

[stillcool]

5. No.

Let’s Stay in Iraq Until it's Peaceful or We’re Sane,
Whichever Comes First
By David Swanson
ZNet
June 7, 2006
Have you ever heard someone try to argue that the Iraq War was a mistake but that now the proper course is to continue the mistake a bit longer or to carefully end it in a long and complicated way that could take months or years? Have you ever wondered how such a position, if examined in detail, could possibly make any sense? Wonder no more. Such a position, in various forms, actually makes no sense. In fact, such a position requires a stunning degree of illogic.
1. The U.S. military has no right to be in Iraq in the first place. It turns out the Iraq war was not a mistake at all, and so the mistake cannot be continued even for an hour. The Iraq War was and is a crime.

2. The United States is not bringing democracy to Iraq. Spreading democracy had nothing to do with why this war was launched or why it is being continued. As Arnove writes, "The U.S. government opposes genuine democracy in the Middle East for a simple reason: if ordinary people controlled the region's energy resources, they might be put toward local economic development and social needs, rather than going to fuel the profits of Western oil companies." Does that sound outrageous or paranoid or "anti-American"? Read the historical context that Arnove provides, or check the evidence at www.afterdowningstreet.org, and then explain to me how you can see it any other way.

3. The United States is not making the world a safer place by occupying Iraq. In fact, this war has made the world much less safe. We've set a precedent for other nations to attack each other. We've driven other nations to invest in weaponry to try to hold off a U.S. attack. We've heightened anti-U.S. sentiment and significantly increased the incidents of terrorism each year.

4. The United States is not preventing civil war in Iraq. This is the same myth the British spread in 1920, when they didn't want to stop occupying Iraq. Our occupation, and the constitution we've imposed on Iraq, deliberately pit ethnic groups against each other in an effort to direct violence away from the occupiers. Still, the bulk of the violence is directed at the occupying army and its collaborators. And it is getting worse, not better.

5. The United States is not confronting terrorism by staying in Iraq. Al Qaeda arrived in Iraq AFTER the invasion.

6. The United States is not honoring those who died by continuing the conflict. That thinking is a recipe for compounding the tragedy without end.

7. The United States is not rebuilding Iraq. Halliburton and Bechtel are looting, not repairing. It is a racist and imperialist frame of mind that allows us to imagine that Iraqis could not best rebuild their own country. We owe them financial support in that effort. At present we are draining their resources, not adding to them.

8. The United States is not fulfilling its obligation to the Iraqi people for the harm and suffering it has caused. We are making things ever worse for the Iraqi people. Our first obligation is to stop harming them. We should then pay reparations.

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/withdraw/2006/0607stay.htm

[Vexatious Ape]

6. $500 million for a Bush Library?

And the whole thing will be stocked with nothing but Bibles and Left Behind books.

[jarab]

7. War is the best assurance of a legacy....

Someone forgot to tell him about the need for it to be a "successful" war or to inform him about "bad" legacies - products or consequences unanticipated.
...O...

[badgerpup]

8. That's what his LIE-brary is supposed to cover...

A great deal of the money raised will go to academic whores 'scholars' to write positively slanted articles about Bush and his policies.
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