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Originally posted by dantheman@Sep 13 2004, 11:54 AM
well mike, as soon as Kerry is in office he'll take care of these BAD people, he'll talk to them, he'll get the UN to talk to them, he'll get the french to talk to them, he'll get the germans to talk to them. and after all these great people do al this tallking then the bad guys will blow up something and we'll start all over again.
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Now Dan ... I know you are smarter than that. Anyone who thinks that John Kerry is less likely to defend America than George Bush is every bit as stupid as those who think Bush caused 9/11 to happen in order to go to war in Iraq.
The costs of getting the French, the Germans, and the Russians involved in Iraq were probably negligible ... unless you are as concerned with Haliburton's bottom line as you are with the lives of American servicemen.
The bad guys are going to blow up more shit whether Kerry or Bush wins this election. Where I personally see the difference between the two candidates on this issue is how likely they are to take actions which make sense from an idealogical perspective but cause more harm in the long run.
I will say this much ... I suspect that some of Kerry's supporters will turn on him within nine months, should he win the election, because we will NOT be pulling out of Iraq as quickly as they would like. I suspect it will take longer than that to bring any assistance on board, if in fact we can overcome the fuckups of the neocons and Bushites.