galenrox said:
It seems to come down to how much you trust the president to act a-politically. If I was a political strategist I'd tell Bush to do exactly what he's been doing with Iraq, and then announce some significant amount of troop withdrawl at the state of the union for later in the year, and then actually do it towards the end of August, for the reason that people will think what you're thinking. People will be happy, cause troops have been withdrawn, and also be proud of the president because he showed that he was a strong leader in the face of adversity.
What you said seems right...NOW...
People have been calling for withdrawal of troops for 2+ years...To say that he would do it NOW so "People will be happy" is illogical...
After one month - "Pull out the troops!"
Bush - "No...It would be the wrong thing to do"
After six months - "Pull out the troops!"
Bush - "No...It would be the wrong thing to do"
After twelve months - "Pull out the troops!"
Bush - "No...It would be the wrong thing to do"
After - twenty-four months - "Pull out the troops!"
Bush "No...It would be the wrong thing to do"
After thirty months - "Pull out the troops!"
Bush "NOW it's the right thing to do"
Response - "Oh, you're just doing that because of political pressure."
See how dumb that sounds?....
galenrox said:
The essential difference between our perceptions about this is solely that you seem to trust Bush, while I don't trust him at all. I don't really put anything past him, I think he is willing to do anything, regardless of the reprucussions, for political power. We both know that Karl Rove is a political genius, and so if I can see the political merit in doing what he's doing, God knows that he has too.
I wouldn't trust him either if I believed everything thrown at us from the MSM or other media outlets...What makes you not trust him?...And therefore, the decision of the country to elect, then re-elect him?
The way he pronounces "nuclear"?...The way he jumbles words?...His little "smirk"?...
Surely you can do better than this...
As far as political power...He has less than three years...wanna make a bet on it?...He wants his policies continued by others...There is no political power, and in fact, much more damaging, to look back on his Presidency and see that NOT being done...
You can be sure the very same accusations were made at Lincoln and FDR...
What happened with them?...How are they looked at now?...:2wave: