Alex And America. Hate It Or Love It?

Carrie · 02-28-2003

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Originally posted by gigi@Feb 28 2003, 02:23 AM

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I am simply asking why ANYONE - including Australia - hasn't thought enough of the atrocities going on in Iraq to force this issue before now?

My guess is that you are including the US in that statement correct? The US sat on the Iraq issues for the same 12 years the rest of 'us' did.

Gigi,
Unfortunately I wasn't - I DO think that the US should have done something during those 12 years, but I believe I know why we didn't...
Just after Iraq with Bush Sr., we were busy rebuilding and waiting to see if Hussein was going to get his act straight.
Then Clinton was elected - and I truly believe that's where we (America) dropped the ball. He was too damn busy kissing China's ass for 8 years and being everyone's friend to have the balls to do any follow-up work that *needed* to be done.
Now we've got Bush Jr. in office and we have to try to catch-up on that dropped ball.

So I agree - we dropped the ball - and I'm not happy about that whatsoever.
But I do think that while Clinton was busy trying to make himself the next JFK and return Washington to Camelot, the playing field was wide open for anyone else to step up and pick up the ball. I don't understand why they didn't.