Feb 20th 2011, 14:09:34
I hear that Clinton had a balanced budget, good president, then I see mention of Obama and his poor policies. On the outside looking in (I am Canadian) I think Obama got stuck in a terrible time frame in history. It was historical that he was elected President but alas, he inherited the biggest financial mess ever left a President. No one says anything about the guy in between him and Clinton. That 2nd war over nothing did not cost your country nothing. There wasn't anything political in that war. It was purely personal. The dictator threatened his father by putting out a kill order on him and Junior (cowboy) had to make stuff up to go get him (WMD). Some say it was for oil, but I think not. For Pete sakes Iran is right on the brink of WMD, much more volatile and a bigger threat to the USA and her allies. At least more so than the other guy in Iraq was. Saddam enjoyed killing his own people best. Senior was a lot brighter than Junior. The 1st war, he did what he had to do for his country/allies and went no further because of the cost to his people. Am I out of line in thinking that that 2nd war went a long way to bankrupt the country pretty much? Maybe not the sole reason (bank, auto, real estate meltdown), but trillions of dollars for that war that would be better sitting in the USA coffers right now. I know this melt down is not just an American problem as well, Canada had to put up billions for our own economic recovery plan to work in concert with every Country who did the same. Definitely a Global event. It's just that, that war really hurt you guys financially. I remember watching a news program just before the 2nd Iraq war and American troops ready to deploy were being interviewed. Some of them were referring to 911 to justify going into Iraq again. I was amazed to hear that from those guys. Al Qaeda in Iraq came AFTER the Americans went in, not before. The money wasted there would have been better spent today, right now to put Americans back to work.