Re: an arteest

Stating a preference for Clinton is one thing; saying that 9/11 might
not have happened had Clinton been in office (scroll down to read your
previous post) is too much. I doubt anyone could have prevented it, and
Clinton's foreign policy, to the extent that it affected it at all,
contributed to it (for the reasons I listed below).

Jim

tina carson wrote:

> although i hardly think of clinton as the free world's greatest
> leader, i belive bush to be currently the most dangerous. would i
> choose clinton? no. would i prefer him to bush? hands down.
> "respectfully disagreeing" tina
>
>> Oh, that's too much :). Bush's foreign policy lacks diplomacy at
>> best and is
>> dangerous at worst. Clinton's was buffonery. Clinton's the one that
>> got Bin
>> Laden expelled to Afghanistan to begin with, who was responsible for
>> that snafu
>> in the Sudan that led Bin Laden to think American soldiers would be a
>> pushover,
>> who bombed the pharmaceuticals plant that produced...pharmaceuticals
>> (not the
>> chemicals used to made VX gas. Chemical analysis of the soil by US
>> researchers
>> confirmed this), whose help was counterproductive (back-asswards,
>> actually)
>> during Russia's transition to capitalism...the list goes on and on.
>> Clinton was
>> also the one that decided that US policy toward Hussein was no longer
>> "containment" but "regime change," by the way.
>>
>> He did great with the economy, though.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> PS Good luck with the Borges.
>>
>> tina carson wrote:
>>
>> > then, again, he might not have had to "endure" 9 11 if he had taken
>> > precautions as Clinton did. Clinton had 1 or 2 meetings per week
>> re: al
>> > quida, bush had 1 in a year
>> > tina
>> >
>> > >From: James Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu>
>> > >Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>> > >To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>> > >Subject: Re: an arteest
>> > >Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:41:04 -0400
>> > >
>> > >Nah, I don't think Bush is any worse than anyone else would be in his
>> > >position. He has the same political realities to deal with and
>> was the
>> > >President who endured the shock of 9/11. Like it or not, he used
>> restraint
>> > >in the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq, especially given
>> the damage
>> > >we are capable of inflicting. But for my money I'd rather see
>> McCain or
>> > >Powell in there for the next four years rather than Bush.
>> > >
>> > >Not that it matters...the Democrats don't seem to have anyone they can
>> > >successfully run. Democratic leadership is virtually an oxymoron
>> these
>> > >days.
>> > >
>> > >Jim
>> > >
>> > >tina carson wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>Agreeing on all points, Jim. Now if we could just get other
>> seriously
>> > >>deranged, dangerous individuals out of office, like, say, George Bush
>> > >>tina
>> > >>
>> > >
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Received on Mon Apr 21 10:33:26 2003