ThatDamnedPanda
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I'm with you on the military tribunals, but not with the apparent comparison between Iraq and Pakistan/Afghanistan. We were attacked by Al Qeada, and we're justified in chasing Al Qeada anywhere they happen to be hiding. They were not hiding in Iraq, so there was no justification for chasing them there. They were hiding in Afghanistan, so we were justified in chasing them there. They are hiding in Pakistan, so we are justified in chasing them there. Soverign nation or not, wherever they are taking refuge we are justified in pursuing them if the government of that country is not willing to do so. I regret and mourn any collateral damage in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but collateral damage in Iraq never would have even happened in the first place if it weren't for Bush, Cheney, Rice, and Powell's war crimes. As for the deficits, I'm not comfortable with the size of Obama's deficits either, but again the comparison between the Obama deficits and the Bush deficits breaks down when you start to examine the nature of the deficits. The deficits that Obama is running are primarily being used to finance what he hopes will be a recovery from the economic disaster caused by the deficits Bush ran up to finance a disastrous war and give tax cuts to the wealthy. It's like the difference between taking out a loan to start up a small business, and maxing out your credit card for a trip to Vegas. You have to look at what the borrowed money is being used for. Whether he's right or not - whether it works and pays for itself, or blows up in our faces - remains to be seen, but you can't just say, "well, a debt is a debt is a debt." It's not that simple.
< Message edited by ThatDamnedPanda -- 5/16/2009 9:37:28 AM >
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