There is not one post so far that has shown that the original issue I raised in this Blog is not true. |
OK then I will bend to your wishes.
The drive of North Korea and Iraq to acquire nuclear weapons is not to attack the United States but to prevent the United States or any other country from attacking them. |
First of all you said Iraq did not have a nuclear program so get your stories straight. Second of all, the same reason they want weapons are the same reasons we have them, Russia has them and others want them, for self protection and the right to defend themselves. Your point here is useless cause everyone has the same reason for wanting nukes. What you really fail to point out is that people like Kim Yong Il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saddam do not value life, are always threatening other countries with death and destruction and are very dangerous people in control of entire countries. This is what you should be pointing out.
It is true that both North Korea and Iran were trying to acquire nuclear weapons long before Bush invaded Iraq. |
The fact that you wrote this statement alone defeats your entire argument so anything else said after this is pointless. And to be more accurate, they were both searching before Bush became President.
However the preemptive invasion and willingness to affect regime change by force has increased the desire of these two countries to obtain a small supply of these weapons. |
OK, where is the proof, evidence, anything that can back this opinion? Cause in the end this is all it really is. This is not Bush truth, this is Bush opinion. Truth: a fact that has been verified, something you have not done. they wanted these weapons before, they want it know and they will continue to want it even when Bush is gone.
There is no question, if Iran or North Korea are successful in acquiring these weapons, they are far safer from attack by the United States. |
No question? Do you even hear yourself? attack by the United States? You make it sound as if we are going around attacking countries like Alexander the Great. Bush is far from being great and with our military spread thin and only a few years for him to go, I see no unilateral wars toward North Korea any time soon. Keep in mind though that the US is not the only country concerned about this problem. I'm not sure you or anyone on this planet would want to be in South Korea or Japan at this moment. Last thing they need is a rouge nuclear missile flying over their country.
Now we have North Korea conducting a nuclear test. What Next? |
OK so we have North Korea conducting a nuclear test, and neither China, Japan or Russia tried to stop them. I'm with you so far. Now Iran is also trying to mess with nuclear power, what are China, Russia, France and the UN trying to do to stop them again? Oh yea, I forgot, we, The US, are the ones responsible for stopping Iran. But how can we do that when you don't want preemptive strikes, don't want us sending our soldiers into harms way, don't want to upset the Muslims, don't want us to go without the the support of the UN, don't want Bush in charge in the first place. Now maybe you can explain to me how we can stop Iran from continuing their search for nuclear power when you have our hands and legs tied up? Keep in mind that we have been talking to these people for months now and it has not been working, so don't try to give me that as a solution cause while we talk they research, while we talk some more, the begin to build, by the time we realize that talking is futile they will have their first nuclear test. Just look at North Korea for proof.
When we look at the direction our foreign policy is taking it is clear we are moving into a MORE not LESS dangerous time in history. |
Let's see, we are trying to deal with a bunch of nut cases who want nothing less than the death of all Americans and Jews. While we're trying to stop them from acquiring WMD, they are getting mad at us and are trying other means to do us harm. With me so far? Our only way to be safe from these nut cases is by facing them, right? Every heard of the saying "it will get worse before it gets better"? You didn't really think Iran, North Korea, Iraq, etc, would just have said "OK, OK, we give up, we will not pursue nuclear tech and we will live in peace with the rest of the world" did you? Just look at the reaction of the American people on 9/11; we all had sadness, confusion, but more than anything, anger. Why? Because they messed with us. See my point? It is more dangerous for everyone on this planet, not because Bush went to war in Iraq, but because Alqaeda declared war on us on 9/11.
It does not matter where you look. Relations with our traditional friends have been strained by our policy. |
First of all they were our allies, not friends. Friends stick together. We were "friends with France, who was supplying Saddam with weapons illegally (don't forget the nice weapons cache found in the beginning of the invasion that clearly said France (and Germany)on them. They chose to side with the terrorist for financial reasons. Money was more important to them than making this world a better place to live. Remember, just like China has business relationships with North Korea, Germany and France had them with Iraq as well. They turned their backs on us when we needed them the most, this war in Iraq would have been less of a struggle had they joined and helped out from the beginning. They were never our friends, they were business partners and they felt our kind of financial business was not what they wanted.
The Middle-east is a disaster and the problems in the Americas is clearly evident. |
You make it sound as if it all got bad in 2003. The Middle East has been a disaster for long before that and we have always had problems before, this is nothing new that we can't handle. We have survived worse and we are getting better even if you refuse to see it.
To give Bush and his Foreign Policy team a grade of a D- would be kind! |
I wouldn't give him even a B, but this is not a unilateral situation. Bush is not and can not be responsible for the entire planet. We are not succeeding because our "friends" are more interested in the financial gains from places like Iraq, Iran, North Korea, etc. They would rather let then get nukes, as long as they continue to make money from them.
Hows that for taking on the issues you claim here? You continue to ignore the real threat and continue to attack the one that needs your help. Not once do you or will you point out the cruelty of the terrorist, their lack of respect for the rules of war (the same rules that are getting our men and women killed), the lack of respect for human life from Saddam and/or Kim Yong Il, the uselessness of the UN, the betrayal of some of our allies (not friends) for financial gains, the back tracking of those in the Democratic party who were in favor of the war in Iraq then cried we were tricked, the constant undermining of our President, etc. Never do you point out anything others do wrong, only Bush. You are not objective, you are not unbiased, you do not tell the truth cause you have no proof, facts or evidence to back anything you say. You simply provide opinions of people who's names can not be revealed, who have agendas against Bush, who are bias and non-objective; you provide poll after poll after poll that only you believe; you provide facts from Gov't sources but when these same sources are used to refute your claims you claim they are inaccurate and wrong.
What do you have to say now? Or copy/paste?