This is exactly what Muslim terrorists want to hear. This is exactly why they feel emboldened to attack us. If Gephardt won the nomination I have no doubt he would do what he said, at the risk of our national security.
In times of conflict, the President's top three priorities must be security, security, security. Hiring people should be the duty of Wall Street, the investment community, and others with lots of capital.
Honestly, these Democrats are silly. I know Gephardt doesn't have a chance but I still want to clobber him and his cohorts sometime.
Wrong! The President's job (all the time) is supposed to be defended freedom and liberty. Congress and the US States are supposed to handle the rest.
Here's a question: What might the terrorists do to try to influence our upcoming elections given that it would certainly be in their best interests for a Dem to win and re-commence tearing down our military and defense systems and re-energize the appeasement movement? Any speculation whether they would lie low or attack vigorously to try to weaken W's popularity w/increased casualties?
That was Slick Willy's #1 priority, too.
Dick. Sometimes is isn't just a nickname.
Pretty strong words for someone whose party lost control of the House in 40 years.
I asked for and got two books on WW2 for Christmas. After reading them, I was just astounded how history tends to repeat itself if you ignore the lesson.
My opinion was that the root cause of WW2 was three things. The Great Depression, The Versailles Treaty and the Age of the Dictators. The tinder that started the fires was the appeasement of Germany's neighbors to avoid any type of conflict at the expense of many unfortunate people in Czechoslovakia and Poland.
United States wasn't immune to this. We were sick and tired of Europe's problems and WW1. Any polician that dared mention anything but neutrality would have been appeached. In fact, at one point, our Congress was actually thinking of an amendment to the US Constitution that we cannot declare war until confirmed by a majority vote by a nationwide referendum.
There are a lot of similarities between Hitler and Saddam. What would happen if Bush Sr. and Jr. didn't stop Saddam? The belated answer was, 50 million people should not have died if the world stood up to Hitler.
Saddam planned to conquer the richest oil regions of the world, he was pursuing nuclear weapons until Israelis bombed his plant, and Saddam shown the willingness to use biological/chemical weapons on the Kurds and Iranians.
What in God's name is Dick Gephardt and the other appeasers waiting for? An engraved invitation?