General Wesley K. Clark Calls on President Bush to Start Honoring Soldiers

[DealMonkey]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY
There probably is a fine line, but I don't think the RNC ad is politicizing "the war" any more than any of the 9 candidates have done so far.

I try to stay out of the PLO vs Israel argument because I think they both have their issues to deal with and emotions run pretty strong around here. IMO neither is totally wrong or totally right. Now if we paid(promoted) the families of bombers then I'd have a huge issue with it

CkG

I agree regarding the Pal vs Is issue - emotions run hot.

Think about this though: Saddam may have paid the families of suicide bombers (and one could argue that it was a humanitarian gesture, considering these families were now without their breadwinner - although, I think that argument is tenuous, at best), meanwhile the U.S. paid/promoted Israel's missile firings into civilian areas, targeted assassinations and bulldozing of houses/olive groves (amongst other horrors) via our selling of military equipment to Israel and guaranteed loans, etc.

We're just as complicit in the conflict as Saddam ever was. And that is precisely the argument much of the Arab world makes. It would be in our best interests to understand that.

 

[DealMonkey]

Originally posted by: Genesys
the reason Bush is "covering up" KIA's is to preserve their dignity! The media would be all over that lilke white on rice and then we would have daily news reports of those that are KIA in Iraq and then the next segment would be live footage of the caskets being offloaded at Dover. Besides, I thought it was Clinton who started this "cover up" policy.

I suppose that's one way of spinning it. Who cares what Clinton started?

 

[maluckey]

"And I'm very glad we've got the great team in office, men like Colin Powell, Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice... people I know very well - our president George W. Bush. We need them there." - Clark in remarks delivered at the Pulaski County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Little Rock, Arkansas on May 11, 2001

I wonder what he had to say about Waco? Nothing.... that's what. I couldn't find a single statement, although his troops were deployed to the Branch Davidian Compound.