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Ok, first, we replaced the government in Afghanistan. That in no way means we've quelled the terrorist movements or even control the country, due to Afghanistan's long and bloody history of tribal and militant systems. Central control doesnt count for shit there.
Second, blaming Clinton is a really fucking great way of sliding all this shit off Bush, isnt it? Man, Clinton didnt do shit! Maybe, its because he had better intelligence (foreign policy knowledge and IQ), and knew that stabbing at a wasp nest will just provoke more to sting you. Wars and invasions are NOT the way to correct radical and fundamentalist movements. You know you're country is doing something bad when there are resistant movements that riddle the country.
The middle east does have some fucked up dictators, its true. However, spreading democracy to countries is a contrived and cold-war tactic that is usually bad for the spreaders and the receivers. Changing a countries government and economy without a population that is fully behind and prepared to accept such a movement is a policy that Clinton was a minimalist on. Bush somehow believes politics and wars are still in black and white, with clear enemies that must be eliminated. Thats unfortunately not how the world works anymore. But hey, it makes him popular with the religious conservatives in this country, so I guess he has popularity pagents as well! (Hint - politicians are figureheads, take your head out of your ass and realize that ALL presidential candidates are involved in a giant popularity contest - its an election, American style).
I could also go on and say with just as much venom how dangerous the radical conservative Christian movements are in the US. We compare pretty good to Islam actually. I mean, bible camps are fucking havens for brainwashing children!
We have radicalists that bomb buildings and kill innocents (Oklahoma City, Waco Texas). Much of our country engages in the barbaric ritual of cannibalism by eating the body of Christ every Sunday. I was accosted by no less than three people at my door this week who told me that I'm destined for a lifetime in hell if I dont accept some 'savior'. Beyond that, some even go so far as to refuse to believe commonly accepted scientific fact and insist that the world is only 6000 years old. Talk about a fervent and incredibly devout caste of followers!
Of course, I dont believe all Christians are evil and out to get me. Likewise, I find it ridiculous that idiots exist in this country that think Muslims are our universal enemies. Islam is a religion of pure hatred and terrorism? Come on, every religion has its wacko's, and if you actually READ about this religion instead of believing whatever Right Radio tells you, you would find its comparable in many respects to the values of many older religions, even Christianity.
Please, lets talk about the USS Cole and US Embassies. Lets talk about how both parties and leaders refused to engage these movements, because they realized we would be stuck in this situation now if we took military action, where we're losing a American soldier every day. Lets talk about how leaders used to do the right thing and try to diffuse the situation instead of crushing governments and pissing off people, giving radical movements more power and sway. Lets talk about what president decided to forgo the UN, a institution our country played a MAJOR role in founding, in order to exact his vigilante justice and show the world we dont even care for our own instituted laws. Lets talk.
