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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
1. Any notion that the US should get out of Iraq completely today is not only inhumane, but a death sentence for any candidate. Powell correctly said we broke it and now have to fix it. The D's should implement a year or so schedule for staged withdrawal, etc.
2. If course the D's have to clean it up, esp. when they played a part in making it. Certainly, not even you think the D's hands are clean on Iraq  Again, Clinton killed there, Kerry was a huge cheerleader for the invasion, etc. So, yes, the D's have egg on their faces.
3. There never really has been any significant consumer protection or anti-monopoly mind set.
4. Though the govt. should stay out of religion, good luck getting elected even in crazy California with that platform  |
personally I say if Iraq wants us out we should go. Everyone knows the only real reason we're there is for the oil. The Iraqis arent ready for a Democracy and we can never "fix" the situation. To think we could is sheer fantasy.
your notion of "dirty hands" with respect to Iraq is interesting to say the least. Clinton didnt do much there at all........aside from a short bombing stint during Monicagate, how can you even really attach any blame to the Dems? No, Jason, the TRUE culprits in Iraq (from Day ONE) have been the GOP hawks. face it.
as for your statement re: consumer protection and trustbusting/anti-monopoly mindset, you are sadly mistaken. The late 60's, early 70's had all sorts of consumer protection action.....Ralph Nader got his start as a consumer advocate after all.........and we USED to have anti-monopoly laws in place until the Reagan era when deregulation came into being. Maybe you're too young to remember the breakup of ATT? Viacom Cable? The idea was to give the little guys a chance to operate as equals in the various types of businesses, and then it seemed like Government looked the other way while corporations bought each other out and acquired other companies and voila, back we went to conglomerates again..............