Obama on Foreign Policy Like Reagan and Bush Sr.

p-did · #1 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 12:57 AM

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"The truth is that my foreign policy is actually a return to the traditional, bipartisan, realistic foreign policy of George Bush's father, John F. Kennedy, of in some ways Ronald Reagan.

It's George Bush that's been naïve and its people like John McCain and unfortunately some Democrats who have facilitated him acting in these naïve ways that have caused us so much damage in our reputation around the world...

...Obama praised former President Bush’s Gulf war policy, saying that the war was conducted with allies and only cost $20 billion. He said that the Gulf war strengthened the United States because national interests were not compromised.

He has a point: George Bush Sr., like Obama, would not put our young boys life at risk unless the nation in question had missiles aimed at us, which Iraq did not. People like Obama and Bush Sr. look at the cost of an operation before going in head first.

Blade · #2 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by p-did

From this article:

He has a point: George Bush Sr., like Obama, would not put our young boys life at risk unless the nation in question had missiles aimed at us, which Iraq did not. People like Obama and Bush Sr. look at the cost of an operation before going in head first.

A foreign policy which last had validity back in the early 1800s.

p-did · #3 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Blade

A foreign policy which last had validity back in the early 1800s.

Thank you for the carefully thought out reply.

Blade · #4 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by p-did

Thank you for the carefully thought out reply.

You get the level of reply your posts deserve, and while that's not much, in your case it would be very educational.

p-did · #5 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 01:23 AM

Another intriguing response, sounding well educated indeed.

What are your thoughts on Obama's and Bush Sr.'s strategy of measuring the cost of a decade long invasion, instead of overextending our military, and putting our other interests, and homeland security, in jeopardy?

In retrospect, both Obama and Bush Sr. showed prudence, while the younger Bush showed arrogance, which we're now paying dearly for.

I'm a conservative when it comes to war: meaning I don't believe it wise to jump right in without first studying the impact on our resources.

DuH2 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 01:48 AM

Ironically one of the reasons Bush Sr. lost the election in 1992 was because he didn't remove Saddam Hussein from power. Democrats like to conveniently forget that part and focus soley on the economy as the reason..but even when Clinton had to act against Saddam most people wanted the action to include Saddam Husseins removal from power.

p-did · #7 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 01:53 AM

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Ironically one of the reasons Bush Sr. lost the election in 1992 was because he didn't remove Saddam Hussein from power. Democrats like to conveniently forget that part and focus soley on the economy as the reason..but even when Clinton had to act against Saddam most people wanted the action to include Saddam Husseins removal from power.

It's a shame, for thousands of young Americans needlessly dead, that Bush Sr.'s son gave in to the pressure to spur this neverending disaster of a war.

DuH2 · #8 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 02:32 AM

Only way they will be needlessly dead is for the Democrats betray them and our allies.

DuH2 · #9 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 03:05 AM

Since someoen..golyl I can gues shwo..gave me negative rep for this

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Ironically one of the reasons Bush Sr. lost the election in 1992 was because he didn't remove Saddam Hussein from power. Democrats like to conveniently forget that part and focus soley on the economy as the reason..but even when Clinton had to act against Saddam most people wanted the action to include Saddam Husseins removal from power.

Enjoy-

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Monday, Oct. 24, 1994

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Why not whack Saddam and be done with him? As we should have done last time, right? As even Richard Nixon advised two months after the Gulf War ended in 1991: "If I could find a way to get him out of there, even putting a contract out on him . . . I would be for it." Only Ross Perot is as publicly bold today, but the words "unfinished business" are on almost everyone's lips. From the soldier in the desert to the folks at home, most Americans (72% in the latest TIME/CNN poll) favor using military force to remove Saddam Hussein. The White House too seems on board. If it comes to war, says chief of staff Leon Panetta elliptically, "I can tell you one thing: we're not going to repeat the mistakes of the past."

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...981679,00.html

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In U.S., Calls Grow Louder for Saddam Hussein's Removal
By Thomas W. Lippman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 5, 1998; Page A01

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A Los Angeles Times poll published on Monday showed that by 68 percent to 24 percent, Americans favor airstrikes provided they are designed to remove Saddam Hussein from power, not just force him to accept the commands of the U.N. Security Council.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...licy020598.htm

Remember all the claims that nobody cared about Saddam back when... he was isolated and all that..yeah..
From 1991-2003 Americans wanted to remove him from power.
9/11 simply made his continued existence unacceptable.

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