The Ottoman Turks shot the face off the sphinx during WW I for “target practice”. British “archeologists” pillaged their history. In Iraq, we did nothing to defend their cultural history, because Rumsfeld was obviously correct that those scenes were just the same truck, driving buy the cameras with the same artifacts, over and over.
What business is it of an upstart, barely 200 year old nation, to try to dictate governments in every nation in the Middle East (or elsewhere, like South America) with civilizations that are thousands of years older?
Yep, “W” and his predecessor “righites” showed that it’s so easy to secure democracy at the point of a gun, like well, Viet Nam? (and don’t forget, Nixon and Kissinger ran that war longer than Johnson)
“The first major spying bill was done by Jimmy Carter in 1978 and it was called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. “Minor” modifications were made by every President since then with major modifications made by Bush. I’ve noticed that Obama has had the turpitude to continue his predecessor’s practices.”-mikefive, your perspective and facts are ignored by Republican/Fox “news” viewers. -See, what’s important is not any of these issues themselves, what’s important is only whether Obama can be blamed or damaged in any way.-As far as Republican/Fox “news” viewers are concerned, the American government never spied on its citizens until the day Obama was first elected.
“….stop American aid to any nation experiencing a “coup d’etat …” MAYBE. The Egypt Petition that Recalled Morsi had lots of signatures on it. More than the votes Morsi got in the election. I am hoping the military will make sure the next elections are good ones.
“requires the President to stop American aid to any nation experiencing a “coup d’etat or decree in which the military plays a decisive role”
So, Obama should have withheld aid starting when Morsi removed the constitutional court and replaced the military leaders with his cronies. Thanks for the clarification.
ConserveGov almost 11 years ago
Hopefully more countries in the Middle East will kick out their backward, Islamist extremist governments.
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
The Ottoman Turks shot the face off the sphinx during WW I for “target practice”. British “archeologists” pillaged their history. In Iraq, we did nothing to defend their cultural history, because Rumsfeld was obviously correct that those scenes were just the same truck, driving buy the cameras with the same artifacts, over and over.
What business is it of an upstart, barely 200 year old nation, to try to dictate governments in every nation in the Middle East (or elsewhere, like South America) with civilizations that are thousands of years older?
Yep, “W” and his predecessor “righites” showed that it’s so easy to secure democracy at the point of a gun, like well, Viet Nam? (and don’t forget, Nixon and Kissinger ran that war longer than Johnson)
braindead Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Aaahhh, if only Bush were still in office…. We would invade and put and end to all this nonsense. We could have a Mission Accomplished in six weeks.
braindead Premium Member almost 11 years ago
“The first major spying bill was done by Jimmy Carter in 1978 and it was called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. “Minor” modifications were made by every President since then with major modifications made by Bush. I’ve noticed that Obama has had the turpitude to continue his predecessor’s practices.”-mikefive, your perspective and facts are ignored by Republican/Fox “news” viewers. -See, what’s important is not any of these issues themselves, what’s important is only whether Obama can be blamed or damaged in any way.-As far as Republican/Fox “news” viewers are concerned, the American government never spied on its citizens until the day Obama was first elected.
braindead Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Brilliant point by point rebuttal
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member almost 11 years ago
“….stop American aid to any nation experiencing a “coup d’etat …” MAYBE. The Egypt Petition that Recalled Morsi had lots of signatures on it. More than the votes Morsi got in the election. I am hoping the military will make sure the next elections are good ones.
I Quit almost 11 years ago
“requires the President to stop American aid to any nation experiencing a “coup d’etat or decree in which the military plays a decisive role”
So, Obama should have withheld aid starting when Morsi removed the constitutional court and replaced the military leaders with his cronies. Thanks for the clarification.