In addition to lying under oath, repeatedly insulting the intelligence of Americans and defaming the Oval Office, I think that the recession in which he left our economy and the corporate corruption that relatedly blossomed provide plenty of fodder for the memory bank.
kosovo....nonessential perhaps....but apparently desired and fruitful... [In the 1999 Nato bombing campaign, it was state-owned companies - rather than military sites - that were specifically targeted by the world's richest nations. Nato only destroyed 14 tanks, but 372 industrial facilities were hit - including the Zastava car plant at Kragujevac, leaving hundreds of thousands jobless. Not one foreign or privately owned factory was bombed. After the removal of Slobodan Milosevic, the west got the "fast-track" reforming government in Belgrade it had long desired. One of the first steps of the new administration was to repeal the 1997 privatisation law and allow 70% of a company to be sold to foreign investors - with just 15% reserved for workers. The government then signed up to the World Bank's programmes - effectively ending the country's financial independence. Meanwhile, as the New York Times had crowed, "a war's glittering prize" awaited the conquerors. Kosovo has the second largest coal reserves in Europe, and enormous deposits of lignite, lead, zinc, gold, silver and petroleum. The jewel is the enormous Trepca mine complex, whose 1997 value was estimated at $5bn. In an extraordinary smash and grab raid soon after the war, the complex was seized from its workers and managers by more than 2,900 Nato troops, who used teargas and rubber bullets.] http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1309037,00.html
Agree to a point. The imminent threat was more against our NATO allies than ourselves. With no-fly zones and economic sanctions, Iraq was a threat to no one.
also agree to a point. However, our reasons for doing it were consistent and we had world support and not many of our own troops on the ground. You may or may not have had qualms against trying to save muslims from being killed. it was extranneous, but on the spectrum, it was much closer to legitamacy considering the lower costs compared to Iraq.
Bush lied under oath, defamed the Oval Office, led the economy into a recession and failed to crackdown on corporate corruption? Are you on Mary Mapes mailing list?
One more thing about debt. Without something like the Iraq war, the interest on the national debt is the single largest expense the U.S. have. and it's around more than 30 times what we spend on education, welfare, health care etc. Just the interest, none of the principal. Just to put things in perspective.
how u can put terrorists and bush on the same level is absurd, wishing death upon YOUR PRESIDENT IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD ADVISE
If Clinton was running this yr against Bush, he'd garner 60 plus percent of the vote easily. I agree with you about this yr's election Bush really belongs in prison or hell for what he's done in Iraq and Kerry is a protectionist liberal w/ no convictions or beliefs. We're screwed either way. We just need a "dont screw it up" President but neither of these guys fits the bill.
