Asking Rummy to solve the Saddam problem is like asking Kenny Boy Lay to solve the California energy "crisis".
Regarding alternative scenarios, how far back can we go?
Could we ask Bush 1 not to green-light the invasion of Kuwait as an intra-Arab issue? Could we go back to Bush 1 and ask him not to sell dual-use technology to Saddam? Could we go back to Reagan, and ask him not to sell dual-use technology to Saddam? Could we ask Rummy not to be the front man for Reagan? How about we go back to Nixon and ask him not to annoint Saddam a successor? Of course, there's so much more if we go back further.
Taking down the Taliban, al Queda and Osama bin Laden would have been more than enough to create a "riding high in the saddle, morning in America" sort of brand image for the US of A. Dubya's failure to finish what he started in Afghanistan is a failure of historic proportions. He failed to take out the Taliban, al Queda and Osama. Letting this brain-addled punk start a second war without ever finishing his first war was a huge mistake by the American citizenry.
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Regarding alternative scenarios, how far back can we go?
Could we ask Bush 1 not to green-light the invasion of Kuwait as an intra-Arab issue? Could we go back to Bush 1 and ask him not to sell dual-use technology to Saddam? Could we go back to Reagan, and ask him not to sell dual-use technology to Saddam? Could we ask Rummy not to be the front man for Reagan? How about we go back to Nixon and ask him not to annoint Saddam a successor? Of course, there's so much more if we go back further.
Taking down the Taliban, al Queda and Osama bin Laden would have been more than enough to create a "riding high in the saddle, morning in America" sort of brand image for the US of A. Dubya's failure to finish what he started in Afghanistan is a failure of historic proportions. He failed to take out the Taliban, al Queda and Osama. Letting this brain-addled punk start a second war without ever finishing his first war was a huge mistake by the American citizenry.
- mark 9-23-2003 2:54 am