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badgolferman wrote:[color=blue]
> Most of you probably didn't expect to hear this from me but I have
> become fed up with the Bush Administration. It's not for the same
> reasons the regular detractors use to justify their hatred of President
> Bush, but more for his ineffectiveness in handling three core issues
> that stand out to me:
>
> 1) Borders -- I'm sick of the illegal immigration invasion. It is
> also a major security problem where terrorists are entering the country
> with whatever weapons they choose. The political decisions based upon
> voting blocs and appeasing the Latino establishment in order to get
> their votes completely ignores what is right for the country. The
> backlash that occurred recently with the ports deal and Minutemen
> project should have sent them a message, but they continue to
> dilly-dally with this Guest Worker program. Seal the borders first
> then deal from a position of power.
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Businesses want slave labor. Bush will do nothing.
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> 2) North Korea -- Kim Jong Il has thumbed his nose at us far too long.
> Now he has launched missles in our direction, developed a nuclear
> program (thanks to Clinton),[/color]

Ah yes the blame Clinton angle. Bush does nothing and it's all Clintons
fault
Typical.
Fact is it is only a matter of time before any rouge nation will
acquire nuclear weapons. The technology is over 60 years old. It's
inevitable.
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>threatens his neighbors, has raised the
> tension in the Far East where we will have to start providing nuclear
> technology to South Korea and Japan just to keep him at bay, and
> capitulate to his demands.[/color]

Proliferation is useless, dangerous and unnecessary. We can already
deliver nuclear warheads any place we want to, we don't need any more
ground sites.
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> Sanctions are worthless as has been proven,
> so it is time to show some military might. The US Navy should be used
> to let them know we mean business. I realize China is behind all this
> and pulls his strings. But if we don't kick their lapdog down then
> they will become more brazen also.[/color]

What military might? The fact is we can do nothing. There are no
targets to hit, and any
action would just make the matters worse. Dialogue is the only possible
solution. Even this administration is smart enough to realize that.

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> 3) Iran -- They are about to become a nuclear country also and they
> are even more dangerous to world stability than North Korea. They are
> so adept at manipulating Middle East policies and opinion that whatever
> choices we make we lose and they win. The Israeli-Hezbollah skirmishes
> recently should be proof of that. It won't be long before Iran has all
> the aces and becomes the prime international policysetter. The
> international community is afraid of Iran's influence with the Islamic
> community and all it would take is for Iran to call for Jihad and
> complete chaos will overtake the European countries. This has already
> been proven by recent riots there that no one was able to quash.
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Bush empowered them by his incompetent handing of Iraq.
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> His choice of Condoleeza Rice for Secretary of State is a disaster.
> She is nearly as bad as Madeline Albright was under Clinton. I don't
> care how smart people think she is, she hasn't done anything effective
> since holding that post and has damaged our global political influence
> in my opinion.
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That's because anybody competent doesn't want anything to do with this
administration.
That's why Powel quit. He just couldn't look at himself in the mirror
any more.

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> There are many things I believe he has done right, such as the tax
> relief he enacted for Americans and the fantastic recovery of the
> business economy.[/color]

He has done this on the backs of middle class America. The Bush economy

is about transferring wealth from the Middle class to the upper class
and
replacing good jobs with bad. Only 29% of new jobs pay a livable wage,
while that number was over 60% during Clinton. Show me new livable wage
jobs being created and then I'll support his economic policies.


Despite the opposition to the Iraq war I think he[color=blue]
> made the right decision to invade.[/color]

He may of had good intentions, and maybe if he and Rumsfeld were
halfway competent and not so arrogant, it may have turned out
different, but the fact is it has been an utter disaster, they never
provided the necessary troop levels, and their arrogance, disrespect,
use of torture and utter disregard for the Geneva contention has made
the US even more hated and has swelled the ranks of the terrorists.
They refuse to admit this and refuse to change the course for pure
political reasons. Over 600 thousand deaths and 15 thousand a month are
being killed in Iraq and things are getting worse. Staying the course
is not an option anymore. Either do what the Generals want or get out.
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> but the way it is being handled
> right now is not good. The mighty military should be used as intended,
> not as a classroom for sensitivity training and how to hand out Korans
> to prisoners. They have become sitting ducks for insurgents to take
> out and are prevented from using meaningful offenses to eliminate the
> insurgents.
>
> Political correctness is at the root of all this. The fear of what the
> media will say and how people will vote is what has made President Bush
> a different person than he was a few years ago. His swagger is gone
> and the nationalistic pride he exuded to unite Americans has basically
> disappeared. He was never a conservative in my view but at least he
> had some backbone and stood up for his decisions. Now he is paralyzed
> by the Democratic propaganda machine and makes no effort to fight back.
> America needs a leader who does what is right, not what his opponents
> what him do. George W. Bush was like this at one time but now he is a
> shell of himself. Sadly I see no one on the horizon from either party
> who has leadership qualities. We're in trouble and the Islamic
> Fascists are knocking on our door. How will we answer them?
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Bush dug his own hole. "Democratic propaganda machine" give me a break.
Put blame where blame belongs, Bush and his incompetent staff. All
presidents
have to put up with this, if his policies actually worked, they would
have no effect.