Originally posted by: NeenerNeener
Originally posted by: zendari
Originally posted by: Stunt
Originally posted by: EatSpam
He could start by pulling troops home from Iraq and placing them on the Mexican border.
I'd rather US troops in Europe for that.
Lower troop counts in Iraq would probably make things less stable at the moment...
Originally posted by: sandorski
Resign
The people voted for him, that's a bit of a harsh comment.
Some of the more radical leftists have so much hatred they are unable/don't want to come up with concrete suggestions. Whatever Bush does, they take the opposite side. :disgust: Kudos to the rest of them though
But to answer the OP:
Start pulling out of Iraq
Less contracts for Haliburton
Push forward alternative energy solutions and drilling the ANWR
Roll back at least 1 of his tax cuts
They voted for Nixon too(Voters). Hell, maybe those who voted for bush should Resign with him!
Nixon was to be impeached. You can try that with Bush if you like.
I like what zendari said here for the most part. There definitely needs to be some plan for an exit of Iraq, not just some "waiting for something to happen. I'll know it when I see it.". Seems like since Bush's recent comments he feels like pulling out is considered "a retreat". I wonder, though, based on our lessons from Vietnam, where we heard things from presidents like "I don't want to be the first president to lose a war", if he hasn't gotten too wrapped up in the "wartime president" thing. Or if he thinks it's the wild west out there and once enough "shootouts" have taken place, that the movie will be over. Or even perhaps, possibly, that there are interest groups there who don't want us to pull out.
The "less contracts for halliburton" comment is right on in my opinion. What is it 25% of our Iraqi funding bill that just passed that is going to contractors? Some of these dudes are just plain mercenaries who get paid over six figures to do a job that the grunts next to him aren't making squat for doing. Their loyalty is to money, not the country. Besides, reconstruction used to be done by the Army corp of engineers, not halliburton or subsidiarys like CACI or TITAN. The military used to be self-sufficient, cooking their own meals not relying on contractors that pay (and I heard this in congress on C-SPAN) forty bucks for a case of coke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Less dependency on the middle east will come from a more energy independent America. While I work at a DOE contracted, energy research company, I would still say that there are all kinds of ways to use technologies that we ALREADY HAVE to use alternative energies to fuel a good chunk of our energy demand. Think of how far a few hundred billion would have taken us there!
I don't like the ANWR drilling thing because it seems like more of the same.
Finally, dear God! Why the hell does he keep cutting taxes while we are at war? Geez!!!!
Zendari, I'm not trying to kiss your a$$ here, but good suggestions. Plus, your avatar's kinda hot. (wink, wink)
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