Eddie Haskell
5/3/2011 2:34:00 PM
"Ron" <roneal1554@att.net> wrote in message
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On May 2, 10:17 am, Clyde Armstrong <clayno...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The U.S. military was a woeful, weak demoralized institution when
> Reagan took office in 1981. The Pentagon's
> budget had been cut precariously by Jimmy Carter and the Democrat
> Congress after Vietnam.
>
> It was Reagan who reorganized and strengthened the special forces and
> the navy Searls in the 1980s. His successful raid and intervention in
> Grenada was a morale builderas he undertook a trillion dollar
> rebuilding of the entire U.S. military. However the suicide bombing
> in Lebanon was a setback; America's intervention there was a bad
> mistake. But George Bush 41's incursion into Panama was another morale
> booster for th U.S. military
> as the dictator Noriega, a leftist anarchist icon, was embarrassingly
> defeated and put on trial, and is still in prison.
>
> But once again the Democrats returned to power in Congress with the
> Clinton administration and U.S. defence
> was put on the back-burner as the Pentagon and CIA again were
> emasculated by budget cuts. When George Bush
> 43 came to power the U.S. had lost its concern and vigilance for
> military securty even after several Muslim terrorist
> attacks during Clinton's 8- year term.
>
> But after 9/11 Bush and America reawakened and again increased the
> Pentagon's budget and were determined to fight back against the Muslim
> attacks against much Democrat and liberal criticism. America got tough
> with the opening of Guantamo, the use of forceful interrogation,
> rendition etc. The use of the Drone surveillance and attack aircraft
> added to its military potency.
>
> The Democrat Obama has been forced to continue America's belligerence
> against enemies around the world. Thus the Bush government must be
> given much credit for Osama bin Laden's summary assasination--men
> like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, General Franks, etc. They are no
> longer in power but there legacy has been successful to the U.S. and
> capitalist world. And America, if not Obama, has said tot the world
> and the UN, fuck
> you and your international "law" and courts.
.
.
> Re: Thus the Bush government must be given much credit for Osama bin
> Laden's summary assasination--men like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld,
> General Franks, etc.
> Much credit? MUCH?
> "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't
> care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
> GWB, March 13, 2002
Reduced to desperate out of context quotes I see.
-Eddie Haskell