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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee

Joined: 25 May 2003
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject: The Last Time a liberal Democrat was president |
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he became the Supreme leader.
If you think that was a good thing you ought to vote for the Democrats in 2008.
Anyone see how the US kept Al Qaeda from coming to power in Somalia. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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I love how the world "liberal" is used like a dirty word. The pictures are a nice touch. Are they suppose to scare us?
They don't. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee

Joined: 25 May 2003
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Milwaukiedave wrote: |
I love how the world "liberal" is used like a dirty word. The pictures are a nice touch. Are they suppose to scare us?
They don't. |
Well I didn't expect it to have much of an effect on anyone who wasn't too interested in US national security.
The fact is the US is still suffering the consequences of Khomeni coming to power. For the record Khomeni was every bit as oppressive and cruel as the Shah if not more so. So there would have been nothing wrong with preventing Khomeni and his followers from coming to power.
If the US had had a president that wasn't clueless on national security Khomeni could have been stopped. But that is why happens when liberal democrats are in charge of national security.
It was one of the worst strategic losses for the US ever. If you don't care about national security then you are not going to care much that . But that tells alot about anyone who doesn't care about them event. |
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catman

Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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It was too bad the US and Britain overthrew the legitimate government in Iran back in '53.
By the way, how do you know that US would have won a war with Iran? |
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Gopher

Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
| If the US had had a president that wasn't clueless on national security Khomeni could have been stopped. |
Joo: this is too U.S.-centric. And remember: Reagan did not have much better luck with the Iranians than Carter. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm a little puzzled. It seems your version of 'protecting national security' is focused on overthrowing foreign governments. I think it's a bit more complicated than that. Anyway, we haven't been all that successful in our current MidEast adventure. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
| If the US had had a president that wasn't clueless on national security Khomeni could have been stopped. |
Joo: this is too U.S.-centric. And remember: Reagan did not have much better luck with the Iranians than Carter. |
I think you are talking to a brickwall. Because remember, if you don't agree with Joo 100%, then you don't care about America. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Milwaukiedave wrote: |
| Gopher wrote: |
| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
| If the US had had a president that wasn't clueless on national security Khomeni could have been stopped. |
Joo: this is too U.S.-centric. And remember: Reagan did not have much better luck with the Iranians than Carter. |
I think you are talking to a brickwall. Because remember, if you don't agree with Joo 100%, then you don't care about America. |
I guarantee you Joo's knowledge of foreign affairs is much deeper than the average Dave's poster. |
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Gopher

Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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I disagree. Joo listens and responds. |
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Adventurer

Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:15 am Post subject: Re: The Last Time a liberal Democrat was president |
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As far as Khomeini, it is easy to blame Carter for Khomeini coming to power. The democrats did not overthrow Mousaddak in the 1950s to have the unpopular shah of Iran installed and then have Khomeini take over in a revolution. The revolution was not Carter's fault. There were limited options available to Carter. Don't forget what Iranian-backed Hezbollah did to the marines under Reagan in Lebanon.
It seems your picture thing was a cheap shot. The republicans created problems of their own as you well know like Osama Bin Ladin. It was not only the democrats. Who abandoned Afghanistan? It was America under the GOP. The point is to fix the problems, and no party has shown itself as much better than the other. Do you really think Bush has been better than Bill Clinton on security matters and foreign policy? I am not so sure. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee

Joined: 25 May 2003
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| catman wrote: |
It was too bad the US and Britain overthrew the legitimate government in Iran back in '53.
By the way, how do you know that US would have won a war with Iran? |
Get rid of Khomeni & help the Shah. He was no worse than Khomeni so the US is in the clear. With | |