--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 1/3/07 5:11:08 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > babajii_99@ writes: > > > > If we think of it this way, then it follows that President Bush: > > Is not delusional. > > He is fighting this war as a CEO of a war would fight... > > To prolong the war, as long as possible; > > To use people as mere ends to a means. > > To do it on the cheep. > > And above all to make the bottom line shine, especially on Wall St. > > This is also the reason the congress is stuck, because the same forces: > > Rule there, since Reagan and Clinton, sold our country to the corporation; > > Bush, is just more honest in his stand on Corporate and Military power; > > > > > > > > I like to think of it as a *politically correct* war. We have rules that > > tie our hands, the enemy doesn't. We also have to please as many people as > > possible to avoid as much criticism as possible so we don't look like the bully. > > Public opinion is more important than winning. The good guys will never win > > again under these circumstances and rules. > > > > > "Good guys" usually dont' invade other countries... >
Bush and his advisors made an error in judgement. They primarily justfied the Iraqi war in the context of stopping the development of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. I believe they got carried away by the paranoia brought about by the 9/11 attacks in New York. At this point in time, the American people are finding it hard to understand the continuation of this war with American forces. Most political pundits are now questioning the relevance of the war because the war does not meet the national interest. It is a good idea to spread democracy to the nations in the Middle East, as "democratization". It was supposed to stabilize the political milieu in the area. However, the Americans are finding it difficult to lose American soldiers for a cause not directly linked to the American agenda. In addition, the war is getting too expensive to continue without direct benefits to the American people, aside from the corporations involved in running the military complex
