I found this interesting.

This is from : "You ain't gonna like losing." Author unknown.
President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq
Bush's mistake came in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in WWII. It is not.
Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The country was steeled by the hardship of that depression, but they still believed fervently in this country. They knew that the people had elected their leaders, so it was the people's duty to back those leaders.
Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied behind, and stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or not or whether the war was going badly or not.
And war was just as distasteful and the anguish just as great then as it is today. Often there were more casualties in one day in WWII than we have had in the entire Iraq war. But that did not matter. The people stuck with the President because it was their patriotic duty. Americans put aside their differences in WWII and worked together to win that war.
Everyone from every strata of society, from young to old pitched in. Small children pulled little wagons around to gather scrap metal for the war effort. Grade school students saved their pennies to buy stamps for war bonds to help the effort.
Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or condition trying their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep things going at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to soap, to butter was imposed, yet there was very little complaining.
You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President. Interestingly enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and entertainers who ran off to visit and fawn over dictators of hostile countries and complain to them about our President. Instead, they made upbeat films and entertained our troops to help the troops' morale. And a bunch even enlisted.
And imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started the day off with a Pledge of Allegiance, and with prayers for our country and our troops!
Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak spots in our cities where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum damage. No newspaper would have dared complain about what we were doing to catch spies.
A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had complained that German or Japanese soldiers were being 'tortured' by being forced to wear women's underwear, or subjected to interrogation by a woman, or being scared by a dog or did not have air conditioning.
There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected to a constant bombardment of pornography, perversion and promiscuity in movies or on radio. We did not have legions of crack heads, dope pushers and armed gangs roaming our streets.
No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism. He made the mistake of believing that we still had the courage and fortitude of our fathers. He believed that this was still the country that our fathers fought so dearly to preserve.
It is not the same country. It is now a cross between Sodom and Gomorra and the land of Oz. We did unite for a short while after 9/11, but our attitude changed when we found out that defending our country would require some sacrifices.
We are in great danger. The terrorists are fanatic Muslims. They believe that it is okay, even their duty, to kill anyone who will not convert to Islam. It has been estimated that about one third or over three hundred million Muslims are sympathetic to the terrorists cause... Hitler and Tojo combined did not have nearly that many potential recruits. So... We either win it - or lose it - and you ain't gonna like losing.
America is not at war....the military is at war.
America is at the mall.

 

great find. Wish it wasn't true, but it sure as hell is!

 

I'm sure if we just stop trying to hurt them, they will stop trying to hurt us...Don't you guys get it? Those 'terrorists' just need a hug!

 

How could Bush have made this mistake when he knew his own Vietnam service was in the Alabama Air National Guard?
He might not have made the 'mistake' if he had taken a good long look in the mirror.

 

Wow! Good read.

 

Verry good read, and I would have to agree with it sadly... but it is true.

 

I agree with that 100%. The TRUELY sad part is that there is no turning back. Our country is not prospering it is declining and there is nothing we can do about it.

 

You're more than willing to bash Bush about his policy and his lack of military expertise. Out of curiosity, what are your qualifications that make you more capable of making decisions regarding the war in Iraq? You type a nice post, but what are your credentials? If Bush was wrong, why are you right? Convince me!

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Well, "W" did a very good job of keeping the Great Red Horde out of Alabama---from what I know of the Crimson Tide State, there are absolutely no Commies to be found there---I did hear a few snuck into Louisiana, though...of course, it wasn't duirng his flight time.

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I was answering the major point of the original post,
i.e. (Bushs' mistake was misjudging Americas' backbone)
All he had to do was look at his own record.
Bushs' record is plain, I'll run on mine. Use the search 2002/2003 right in here good ole GD.
If Bush was wrong...? Convince you?
My friend, it's 2008. How could I possibly convince you at this point.

 

I give this response an "A" grade, very "Raoulish" in content. Good Job!

 

This is sad but true. Good post

 

Very nice fiction!

 

Raoul--Yoda---compete with him no one can.
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Please explain. What part is fiction?