Obama cuts 100M of "wasteful spending"
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For example gloating. Smiling in self-satisfaction and saying things like, "we won they lost so who cares what they think"? I have heard that in one form or another several times in the last few months. But I have seen the smugness and overreaching before. And it always come back on them sooner or later. But how soon they forget.
For example gloating. Smiling in self-satisfaction and saying things like, "we won they lost so who cares what they think"? I have heard that in one form or another several times in the last few months. But I have seen the smugness and overreaching before. And it always come back on them sooner or later. But how soon they forget.
Who said that? Obama?
So what do you think of the arrogant and smug members of the former administration who, knowing there were no weapons of mass destruction, and that the intelligence we were using to justify war was from an informant the CIA had classified as unreliable, lied to Americans and the world because they wanted to fight? The Shrub wanting so show up Daddy?
As I said, "Both sides always "overreach" and claim "mandate"" And smug does not look good on anyone. As far as all that BS about the war in Iraq, that was all just stupid. Two leaders with big egos. One wanted to fight and the other had too much pride to admit he did not have all that stuff he bragged about for years. And I don't even want to talk about that two faced Colon Powell. I thought at one time he was smart and knew all the ins and outs of the war stuff. Not only was I wrong about that, but he seems to be very good at stabbing his "friends" in the back.
PS. In my opinion we did not need anything to attack Iraq. "Daddy" could have finished the job. Bill Clinton could have finished the job. Why they went through all that BS was just silly to me.
Daddy went in under a UN mandate that limited what he could do. Clinton had no justification whatsoever, and neither did the Shrub.
I was disapointed in Colin Powell. I think it would have made a difference if he had walked out and resigned because of differences over the war. But in the military, you are taught that you can speak up, but once a decision is made, you should support it. Big mistake on his part. He wasn't in the military anymore, but he was in an organization that valued loyalty (in other words, toadying to the boss) above all else. He should have known better that to stay.
I was disapointed in Colin Powell. I think it would have made a difference if he had walked out and resigned because of differences over the war. But in the military, you are taught that you can speak up, but once a decision is made, you should support it. Big mistake on his part. He wasn't in the military anymore, but he was in an organization that valued loyalty (in other words, toadying to the boss) above all else. He should have known better that to stay.
Agreed. I also liked Colin Powell a lot while he was in the army. In the military you are supposed to follow orders, and I agree that you can differ in your point of view, but perhaps he should have held it to himself. Gone "silent" and "no comment" and faded in a dignified way. Unless he had political ambitions of coursem to stand for the Presidency, which could have been the case at that time.
I don't agree that he should have gone silent. I think he should have gone vocal, and resigned as Secretary of State in protest.
I'm not an expert on the military, but would imagine that if you were part of it, that your allegiance would be more with the military than with Government politicians, and that your role would be more as part of the team where individual opinions are subjugated to the team, than as politicians who actually get greater prestige when they have a different point of view. Something along the line of Corp d'esprit.
But he wasn't in the military any more, he was in a very important civilian role, and acted as if he were still in the military because that had been his whole life.
I think Powell would have made a decent president, but Alma didn't want him to run. I'm sure he wouldn't have gone into Iraq. And there was the problem with his being a Republican, like most of the military. He might not have been able to get the nomination if he had decided to run because he's pro-choice, and the party has to cater to the minority that aren't.
I think Powell would have made a decent president, but Alma didn't want him to run. I'm sure he wouldn't have gone into Iraq. And there was the problem with his being a Republican, like most of the military. He might not have been able to get the nomination if he had decided to run because he's pro-choice, and the party has to cater to the minority that aren't.
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