tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620292423793571584.post1968036139750766194..comments2023-08-25T02:27:50.730-07:00Comments on Road to the Middle Class: Horowitz's Foreign Policy IndictmentChristopher Chantrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04115398168797134843noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620292423793571584.post-81483909120612093682014-01-25T18:14:00.988-08:002014-01-25T18:14:00.988-08:00I suppose Bush tax cuts and two wars which Republi...I suppose Bush tax cuts and two wars which Republicans refuse to pay for have nothing to do with Illinois & U.S. bankruptcy?<br /><br />To blame Democrats & liberals for American problems is folly. It is President GW Bush and the GOP who are to blame for many of the problems facing America today. In foreign policy for example, Bush falsely claimed that "WE KNOW" Saddam has WMD, and now the American military remains in Iraq years after the start of the war, Iran now runs wild in the Mideast free of Saddam’s threat, the Afghan war that was won is now up for grabs, and American contractors in Iraq are rolling in illicit dough thanks to waste, fraud, and no bid contracts – as noted in the following:<br /><br />Oct. 24, 2005 “Money for Nothing” (The American Conservative)<br />(www.amconmag.com/article/2005/oct/24/00007/)<br /><br />June 10, 2009 “U.S. War Privatization Results in Billions Lost in Fraud, Waste, and Abuse” (www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13943);<br /><br />And dozens more at Iraq Archives – Foreign Contractors (www.comw.org/warreport/iraqarchivecont.html)<br /><br />A 11/26/09 Forbes article, "The Cost of War," says: “Republicans have been characterized by two principal positions: They like starting wars and don't like paying for them. (http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/25/shared-sacrifice-war-taxes-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett.html).<br /><br />Moreover, a nonprofit Costs of War project based at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies first released in 2011 a Costs of War report (http://costsofwar.org/) which found:<br />"* (The) tally of all of the war’s recorded dead... shows that over 330,000 people have died due to direct war violence, many more indirectly.<br />* The US federal price tag for the Iraq war — including an estimate for veterans' medical and disability costs into the future — is about $2.2 trillion dollars."<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673877970125836695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620292423793571584.post-41543707672888048302013-05-19T20:03:23.753-07:002013-05-19T20:03:23.753-07:00More than anything else we need a comprehensive ga...More than anything else we need a comprehensive game plan that all can buy into.Mannninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337757934347676250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620292423793571584.post-43919055062549477502013-05-19T19:57:41.446-07:002013-05-19T19:57:41.446-07:00There is waiting and there is waiting. There is no...There is waiting and there is waiting. There is not giving ground or compromising principles, and there is education by parents and what few teachers that remain conservative, and there is engaging in direct conflict daily over the massive troubles the progressives have wrought on the nation. Developing the facts in crystal clear form for the voters to grasp easily is most certainly called for while we "wait", as is developing a cadre of articulate, principled conservatives to be ready with name recognition when the wait is over.Mannninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337757934347676250noreply@blogger.com