Somewher in the past 20 or 25 years we lost congress. They have joined the wealthy elite, in partnership with Wall Street, and now have an utter contempt for the poor, the working/middle class and our used combat men & women.
From Beirut, to Baghdad, to Benghazi, burying Americans has never been anything but putting down stepping stones for these “patriots”. On this Memorial Day weekend, it should be time to reflect on what Bush, Boehner, Cheney, Feith Perle, Rice,Cantor, and that whole pack of chickenhawks has brought us over the past few decades, and say, “No mas”.
W gave us over 6,000 dead Americans, tens of thousands physically and/or psychologically wounded, hundreds of thousands of dead as “collateral damage”, two wars leaving totally screwed up countries behind, and he couldn’t get the one guy actually calling the attack on 9/11, by his fellow SAUDI ARABIANS!
No dead troops is a pretty good job when supporting others to make changes in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and leaving Syria and Ukraine to the European community to deal with , as those problems are in THEIR back yard, not ours.
SOME of what you say is true, but there’s more to be said. The French & British wrote the Treaty of Versailles: Despite Wilson being there, he was hooted down, and our Senate did not ratify it. France had the largest standing army in Europe during the 1920’s & 1930’s. This was Europes problem. The U.S. was not yet the world’s policeman, and Americans did not want to get involved in another European war. France could have, and SHOULD have acted. How would the U.S. hold back Hitler’s army?
A French diplomat, in the 1950’s, remarked “The Americans are poker players. They risk everything on one hand. The Russians are chess players. They accept little losses here and there, all the while focusing on the bigger goal further on!”
Hell, we’re not even good checker players!(My statement)
I have posted before that with events of the past 30 years, Obama doesn’t carry as big a stick as Teddy, or even Reagan once had. We have grave internal problems (like the French had during the’30’s) with unemployment, growing gap in wealth, distrust of the White House, Congress and SCOTUS, trillions in debt, bleak visions of our future, and our military stretched far & wide. Plus, other nations rising in power & influence. The instabilies in our society began back in the 1980’s, with de-regulation, and the Wall Street mantra “Greed is Good”!
By the way, I seen racist comments and asides on GOCOMICS, but I haven’t seen any anti-Semitism here.
^Yes, Charlie was a Democrat, from TEXAS, who fought to supply the Northern Alliance forces, and after the Russians left, warned us NOT to support the Taliban, and he was ignored on that. WE and Pakistan are the ones who got them into power. Then we turned on them, just like most of our “allies”, like Saddam, upset that they did exactly what WE set them up to do in the first place!
“…with the “blame” to be placed anywhere, and everywhere EXCEPT WHERE IT BELONGS, on the Republican Congress that didn’t fund Consular Security sufficiently in the first place. ".They why was Obama able to pass the ACA? It had ABSOLUTELY NO REPUBLICAN SUPPORT and yet it is now law of the land. If Obama was able to get that done, and not help the economy one bit, insure sufficient VA funding or any of the other issues crippling our nation it’s either A: he doesn’t care or B: he’s incompetent.
Tigger: as I’ve noted before, MY DEMOCRATIC Senator voted AGAINST every action Bush et al took to falsify information, and drive us into war in Iraq. He knew what was really happening, but was restricted by laws on classified information and his committee position from being more “public” with what they REALLY KNEW, and revealing it. However, Ritter and William Rivers Pitt DID summarize it all in the book “War on Iraq” published in 2002, months before the lies won the “war” we who opposed the war were fighting.
The difference it makes is that it is just one more act of incompetence by the Obama Administration, one that got 4 people killed. I think their families know the difference it has made.
Tigger: another note on your favorite Republican as well: (response on Lisa is too applicable on this one as well)In 1986 our “brilliant” POTUS managed to kill Gadaffi’s daughter, and an American crew of two in an F-111.
In April, 1983 “President Brilliant” got 50 people killed in the bombing of our embassy in Beirut, in October of the same year, he got 241 U.S. Marines killed by being stupid and ignoring Marine Brass and State Department warnings.
Your tax dollars at work, well also for totally failed “Star Wars” defenses, and the MX (Missile Expensive). Ah, but this ARMY Special Services (NOT "special forces) training film narrator DID get an aircraft carrier named after him!!
WaitingMan almost 10 years ago
A plague on both houses.
moosemin almost 10 years ago
Somewher in the past 20 or 25 years we lost congress. They have joined the wealthy elite, in partnership with Wall Street, and now have an utter contempt for the poor, the working/middle class and our used combat men & women.
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
From Beirut, to Baghdad, to Benghazi, burying Americans has never been anything but putting down stepping stones for these “patriots”. On this Memorial Day weekend, it should be time to reflect on what Bush, Boehner, Cheney, Feith Perle, Rice,Cantor, and that whole pack of chickenhawks has brought us over the past few decades, and say, “No mas”.
SClark55 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
This is ridiculous, Benson – maybe if your guy Obama wasn’t so incompetent, we wouldn’t have 4 dead Americans.
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
W gave us over 6,000 dead Americans, tens of thousands physically and/or psychologically wounded, hundreds of thousands of dead as “collateral damage”, two wars leaving totally screwed up countries behind, and he couldn’t get the one guy actually calling the attack on 9/11, by his fellow SAUDI ARABIANS!
No dead troops is a pretty good job when supporting others to make changes in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and leaving Syria and Ukraine to the European community to deal with , as those problems are in THEIR back yard, not ours.
moosemin almost 10 years ago
SOME of what you say is true, but there’s more to be said. The French & British wrote the Treaty of Versailles: Despite Wilson being there, he was hooted down, and our Senate did not ratify it. France had the largest standing army in Europe during the 1920’s & 1930’s. This was Europes problem. The U.S. was not yet the world’s policeman, and Americans did not want to get involved in another European war. France could have, and SHOULD have acted. How would the U.S. hold back Hitler’s army?
A French diplomat, in the 1950’s, remarked “The Americans are poker players. They risk everything on one hand. The Russians are chess players. They accept little losses here and there, all the while focusing on the bigger goal further on!”
Hell, we’re not even good checker players!(My statement)
I have posted before that with events of the past 30 years, Obama doesn’t carry as big a stick as Teddy, or even Reagan once had. We have grave internal problems (like the French had during the’30’s) with unemployment, growing gap in wealth, distrust of the White House, Congress and SCOTUS, trillions in debt, bleak visions of our future, and our military stretched far & wide. Plus, other nations rising in power & influence. The instabilies in our society began back in the 1980’s, with de-regulation, and the Wall Street mantra “Greed is Good”!
By the way, I seen racist comments and asides on GOCOMICS, but I haven’t seen any anti-Semitism here.
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
^Yes, Charlie was a Democrat, from TEXAS, who fought to supply the Northern Alliance forces, and after the Russians left, warned us NOT to support the Taliban, and he was ignored on that. WE and Pakistan are the ones who got them into power. Then we turned on them, just like most of our “allies”, like Saddam, upset that they did exactly what WE set them up to do in the first place!
echoraven almost 10 years ago
“…with the “blame” to be placed anywhere, and everywhere EXCEPT WHERE IT BELONGS, on the Republican Congress that didn’t fund Consular Security sufficiently in the first place. ".They why was Obama able to pass the ACA? It had ABSOLUTELY NO REPUBLICAN SUPPORT and yet it is now law of the land. If Obama was able to get that done, and not help the economy one bit, insure sufficient VA funding or any of the other issues crippling our nation it’s either A: he doesn’t care or B: he’s incompetent.
pirate227 almost 10 years ago
Disgusting, but typical, party-first GOP tactics.
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
Tigger: as I’ve noted before, MY DEMOCRATIC Senator voted AGAINST every action Bush et al took to falsify information, and drive us into war in Iraq. He knew what was really happening, but was restricted by laws on classified information and his committee position from being more “public” with what they REALLY KNEW, and revealing it. However, Ritter and William Rivers Pitt DID summarize it all in the book “War on Iraq” published in 2002, months before the lies won the “war” we who opposed the war were fighting.
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
Tigger: Bush et all lied: they ALL died because of HIM and his liars, PERIOD!
bo_leggs almost 10 years ago
The difference it makes is that it is just one more act of incompetence by the Obama Administration, one that got 4 people killed. I think their families know the difference it has made.
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
Tigger: another note on your favorite Republican as well: (response on Lisa is too applicable on this one as well)In 1986 our “brilliant” POTUS managed to kill Gadaffi’s daughter, and an American crew of two in an F-111.
In April, 1983 “President Brilliant” got 50 people killed in the bombing of our embassy in Beirut, in October of the same year, he got 241 U.S. Marines killed by being stupid and ignoring Marine Brass and State Department warnings.
Your tax dollars at work, well also for totally failed “Star Wars” defenses, and the MX (Missile Expensive). Ah, but this ARMY Special Services (NOT "special forces) training film narrator DID get an aircraft carrier named after him!!