I do think that the Bushes led. George I kept Iraq from comandeering a world oil shipping industry by defending Kuwait and George II got rid of Hussein and slaughtered tens of thousands of terrorists who would be out there planning way more terror than is being perpetrated today. The only reason Reagan didn't do more was he was busy dealing with our #1 enemy...Russia.
And here's the bottom line: if we don't lead in the Middle East, China will fill the vacuum.
I do think that the Bushes led. George I kept Iraq from comandeering a world oil shipping industry by defending Kuwait
He did such a good job we had to re-invade again 12 years later. And he was defending countries that are ungrateful as hell and that love to screw us over the price of oil, and turn around and give that oil money away to religious teachers who preach hate against the United States.
In fact, we just recently celebrated an anniversary this past week reminding us of the deaths of thousands of Americans at the hands of the very people we supposedly were leading in the Middle East.
and George II got rid of Hussein and slaughtered tens of thousands of terrorists who would be out there planning way more terror than is being perpetrated today.
And that worked out so well for us, didn't it? Back in 2008 when Bush signed the
Status of Forces agreement that American troops would be out of Afghanistan by the end of the 2011, the terrorists were practically dancing in the streets, because Bush was handing them a divided country with a week government and Obama was more than happy to stick to the agreement that Bush signed.
Iraq is just working out so well, isn't it? Except that the Sunni Vice President was sentenced to death last week because he was running death squads against other Iraqis.
And you think they aren't planning way more terror? The terrorists killed nearly 100 people in a single day last week. That's a lot of terror in my book.
And here's the bottom line: if we don't lead in the Middle East, China will fill the vacuum.
You want leadership? I'll tell you what leadership is. Leadership means no more kissing the asses of countries that have schools teaching young men to hate and that they should kill Americans. Leadership means no more dumping billions of dollars of taxpayer aid into those very same countries.
Both Bushes, Clinton, and Obama all failed that test miserably, and everything that Romney has said so far tells me he will do the same.