Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Kuds force from IRAN threatens our soldiers in Iraq
We know they are there We know they are there We know they are there
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Kuds force from IRAN threatens our soldiers in Iraq
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
The only true thing he has ever said
Bush: "Money Trumps Peace".
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
The only true thing he has ever said
Bush: "Money Trumps Peace".
Q A lot of our allies in Europe do a lot of business with Iran, so I wonder what your thoughts are about how you further tighten the financial pressure on Iran, in particular, if it also means economic pain for a lot of our allies?
THE PRESIDENT: It's an interesting question. One of the problems -- not specifically on this issue, just in general -- let's put it this way, money trumps peace, sometimes. In other words, commercial interests are very powerful interests throughout the world. And part of the issue in convincing people to put sanctions on a specific country is to convince them that it's in the world's interest that they forgo their own financial interest.
And John, that's why sometimes it's tough to get tough economic sanctions on countries. And I'm not making any comment about any particular country, but you touched on a very interesting point.
And so, therefore, we're constantly working with nations to convince them that what really matters in the long run is to have the environment so peace can flourish. In the Iranian case, I firmly believe that if they were to have a weapon, it would make it difficult for peace to flourish. And, therefore, I'm working with people to make sure that that concern trumps whatever commercial interests may be preventing governments from acting. I make no specific accusation with that statement. It's a broad statement. But it's an accurate assessment of what sometimes can halt multilateral diplomacy from working.
Originally posted by: jrenz
I probably shouldn't even be surprised by now to see you post a quote completely out of context and use it to further your own fearmongering agenda. You're the biggest partisan toolbox I've ever seen.
Good job on making it look like the quote was implying the exact opposite of what the President was saying.
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: jrenz
I probably shouldn't even be surprised by now to see you post a quote completely out of context and use it to further your own fearmongering agenda. You're the biggest partisan toolbox I've ever seen.
Good job on making it look like the quote was implying the exact opposite of what the President was saying.
Thank you, I learned from you and your masters :thumbsup:
Originally posted by: jrenz
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: jrenz
I probably shouldn't even be surprised by now to see you post a quote completely out of context and use it to further your own fearmongering agenda. You're the biggest partisan toolbox I've ever seen.
Good job on making it look like the quote was implying the exact opposite of what the President was saying.
Thank you, I learned from you and your masters :thumbsup:
Did you just start drinking paint thinner one day, cause I swear to God that my dead cat could out argue you.
Originally posted by: EXman
Has any President not been mired in scandal especially late in their term?
Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
The Dems ran on the platform that they were going to change the way things were done.
They are not - different players, same rules.
Bush is exposing as such.
Originally posted by: blackangst1
So what? It's called politics. Im not pointing fingers, but Clinton vetoed 37 bills passed by the Republican senate.
So what?
Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: blackangst1
So what? It's called politics. Im not pointing fingers, but Clinton vetoed 37 bills passed by the Republican senate.
So what?
And just how many spending bills has Bush vetoed in the last 7 years while deficits soared with 6 of those years under FULL GOP control? Not that I mind controlling spending as I think it's about time. That's the great thing about a government in gridlock....things actually get done. If it were a GOP House and Senate and the same bill were presented, there would have been no issues (as there were none in the past).
Just goes to show that Clinton, for all of his faults, had far more fiscal restraint than Bush ever will.
Originally posted by: blackangst1
Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: blackangst1
So what? It's called politics. Im not pointing fingers, but Clinton vetoed 37 bills passed by the Republican senate.
So what?
And just how many spending bills has Bush vetoed in the last 7 years while deficits soared with 6 of those years under FULL GOP control? Not that I mind controlling spending as I think it's about time. That's the great thing about a government in gridlock....things actually get done. If it were a GOP House and Senate and the same bill were presented, there would have been no issues (as there were none in the past).
Just goes to show that Clinton, for all of his faults, had far more fiscal restraint than Bush ever will.
What part of politics do you not understand? The partisan part I guess? Let me break it down to grade school level for you: it's not a Bush issue, it's not a spending bill issue, it's a GOP vs Democrat issue.
Get it yet?
