George wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:43:14 -0400, George wrote:
>>
>>> cybercat wrote:
>>>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Like the guy or not, he has an impressive record.
>>>>> I'm a Coolidge Republican, but I never wished him dead. He's the
>>>>> loss of a great counterpoint that appears to have the upper hand
>>>>> for the time being. He had to smile about that before he passed.
>>>>>
>>>> I doubt it. So much pervasive harm has been done by the past two
>>>> Republican administrations that he knew, as everyone with any
>>>> sense knows, that generations of Americans will be paying for it
>>>> while jackasses blame the Democrats for not fixing it faster.
>>>>
>>> How long will you be singing the "Bush did it song"? Since the
>>> Kennedy name is in play you do know for example that it was
>>> Kennedy's brother who got us into the Vietnam War with a planned no
>>> win position where the only outcome was lots of military suppliers
>>> made lots of money? Nothing new began or ended with Bush.
>>
>> the invasion of iraq certainly began under bush. or is that o.k.
>> because kennedy started vietnam?
>>
>> blake
> Who said it was? You are just totally focused on the idea that
> liberal = extra super good and conservative = absolute no good. My
> belief is there is no fundamental difference because the politicians
> work for the special interests with the Vietnam war offered as an
> example.


I wonder if blake thinks that Afghanistan will be Obama's *Vietnam*...???

Obama has not only continued the Bush strategies in Iraq and Afghanistan,
but has ratcheted up our involvement in the latter...



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Greg