Did the Republicans have to rush to war before people saw thru the smoke and mirrors?
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You bet!! Keep the public off balance,feed them a steady diet of misinformation laced with fear and patriotism and see what we can away with right under the collective noses of the world.Question everything!!! Be involved!! Do your research!! Make informed choices!!! Think my people!!! You will know the truth and the truth will make you free(John 8:32)!! Peace.
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It takes courage to admit you've made a mistake and to change course. Bush is incapable of doing this. Do the followers lack courage? Not necessarily, but they've had fear instilled in them by their leaders and through their special right wing propaganda media. \n\nConservatives who react angrily are often those who've been informed by angry right wing talk radio and TV, and little else.
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Because everyone is sick of republicans and their policies. People felt that if their democrats in the senate the war in Iraq would be over soon. Basically with democrats in the senate and in congress, there wouldn't be any more senseless things happen.
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It's the liberal "chickenhawk" pretzel logic, but it only applies to conservatives and Republicans.\n\nIt's not like they're standing in line, waiting to enlist to go to Darfur, is it?
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The Republicans are full of Chicken Hawks...War-mongers who never actually bothered to serve their country when they had a chance. And when Democratic war-vets run, like Kerry and Cleland run, the GOP is only too happy to diminish and/or mock their service. Yep, the Republicans are one class act.
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The Republicans and Conservatives have been whining so much about "getting the job done right" and really pumping up the military approach, yet, when someone says, "OK, that means, though, we'll have to have a draft", the weenies run scared.  Remember also, this Congress is still Republican.  It won't be controlled by Democrats until January.  Wouldn't it be a good idea if only the kids of the people who vote a President in who sends us to war actually had to get drafted?  There'd be a lot less Republican wars that way. Just FYI, here's what Rangel seems to be up to again:\n\nRep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said Sunday he sees his idea as a way to deter politicians from launching wars.\n"There's no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evidence that was presented to the Congress, if indeed we had a draft and members of Congress and the administration thought that their kids from their communities would be placed in harm's way," Rangel said.\nRangel, a veteran of the Korean War who has unsuccessfully sponsored legislation on conscription in the past, has said the all-volunteer military disproportionately puts the burden of war on minorities and lower-income families.
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they secretly want to be republicans
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The republicans are all too happy to lay down their freedom at the feet of authority.  They are too short-sighted to see that power like this is abused all the time.  Severe abuse of power like we saw in WW2 is probably not going to happen any time soon in the US but when Republicans let their government roll them over and fail to insist on accountability or checks and balances, then they put everything every solider has ever died for at risk.\n\nVOTE YOUR REPUBLICANS REPS OUT OF OFFICE THIS NOVEMBER!
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Consider: Donald Rumsfeld was in Iraq in 1983 for the Reagan administration dealing in arms with Saddam Hussein.  Note that 1983 was after the first round of crimes against humanity that Saddam is currently on trial for...\n\nThe Republican party hasn't so much been hijacked as it has discovered its own obsolesence as the Cold (comfort) War ended and left the USA without a conventional foe to compete against.  The world got a lot more complex than "if you're not with us you're against us," but the people at the top of the republican stack did not and have not adjusted to address that.\n\nThe republican controlled congress came up to beat down those lousy do-nothing democrats with a Contract With America (which subsequently didn't get fulfilled) and was then maintained by the need for Integrity Against Interns.  But now they control pretty much all of Washington DC and it's pretty clear that they don't know how (or rather where) to lead.\n\nModern Republicans make for a great opposition party.  They're great at being opposed to all sorts of things.  But they're not very good at progress.
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And it appears as if they found people just like Saddam to run things. I sent this link to my senators and congressmen/women as well as my state house leaders. I asked them if they were aware of this and if so, how we could allow this to stand. Unacceptable.\n\nAnd yes, I think it is past time to commit to this war, no matter if it was right or wrong to start, we are in it now, get it over with. Win it. Given our technology, hardware and numbers, the only thing we are lacking at the moment is balls.
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Because of Republicans
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Republicans have a long History of sending others off to fight and die. They never do there own dirty work.\nWhat I do not understand is that if they support war then why are they not there fighting now?\nThere should be none here on Yahoo questions.
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"Didn't they foresee the tables could get turned?"\n\nNo. There are 2 kinds of Republicans. One type has a one fiscal quarter horizon arising out of business mentality of looking mostly at immediate results, and short term profits. A few knocks on the head will cure these guys. The other, infinitely more dangerous type, fully expected to make this a one party nation.
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It does take two to tango. But I am going to be very pissed at Democrats (I am one) if they pull this stunt. They have talked one way for years, and now appear poised to do the opposite? -- Or is it just another 1) GOP fear and smear job against Democrats, prompted by their recent congressional upset or 2) another historic repeat of a scenario we know so well: GOP messes things up, paints the country into a corner, then leaves the Democrats to clean up their mess?\n\nI need more information.
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Because not all people have seen the light yet!  Hopefully he will go down in the single digits soon.\n\nOh yeah right, some people may resist and declare he is fighting the war on terror. My a..  The only war is fighting is one at the poll for the Republicans. Get out of middle east and the war is over. That's it. As easy as that.\n\nIs there any fanatic from the right intelligent enough to understand that?
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They did, but only in the short-term.  It was evident they worked in the 2004 elections, but evident that they didn't work during the recent ones.  Americans were too naive and were willing to accept the White House's explanations.  This in part was Congress' fault, too, because many legislators and senators, including Democrats, authorized the use of war without looking at all of the evidence that was available to them in 2002.
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Watch little voters and despair. The republicans are about to go on a "We were right about Iraq" offensive and just like all their lies this one will be repeated over and over again until 90% of the public thinks it's the truth. with Al-Zarqaui dead and Karl Rove un-indicted the repubs will use this time to try to grab a pro-war, “we didn’t waste a lot of money and lives” offensive-defensive stance before the mid-term election.  This is the same mindset as “Mission Accomplished” The powers that be have another trick up their sleeves. And guess what!? It’s probably going to work! \n\nThat’s why he’s grinning