13th February 2004, 4:33 PM
We'll see...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/1...index.html
But Bush was for the Vietnam war but didn't want to fight in it! The term the Democrats use, "Chicken Hawks" (because several other top people in the administration also dodged Vietnam, but are pro war), is quite appropriate. If you're antiwar avoiding going to a war is consistent with your position (for instance my dad got out of it with a medical deferment I think (though his eyesight really is awful...), as well as college...)... but as a hawk? :S
And Iraq is the closest thing to Vietnam we've had since then and he started it.
And we lost 56,000 people in Vietnam. A lot yes, but hardly a 'death warrant' given how many were there... the problem was that we should not have been there and could not win.
As for Clinton, obviously his personal failings were a problem (the China stuff, no way was he involved), but that's his personal life. This matters more because it affects national policy directly. Same with why Bush should be criticized more than Clinton for lying because his lies led to a war and thousands (including the Iraqis) of deaths... and Clinton's to zero...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/1...index.html
But Bush was for the Vietnam war but didn't want to fight in it! The term the Democrats use, "Chicken Hawks" (because several other top people in the administration also dodged Vietnam, but are pro war), is quite appropriate. If you're antiwar avoiding going to a war is consistent with your position (for instance my dad got out of it with a medical deferment I think (though his eyesight really is awful...), as well as college...)... but as a hawk? :S
And Iraq is the closest thing to Vietnam we've had since then and he started it.
And we lost 56,000 people in Vietnam. A lot yes, but hardly a 'death warrant' given how many were there... the problem was that we should not have been there and could not win.
As for Clinton, obviously his personal failings were a problem (the China stuff, no way was he involved), but that's his personal life. This matters more because it affects national policy directly. Same with why Bush should be criticized more than Clinton for lying because his lies led to a war and thousands (including the Iraqis) of deaths... and Clinton's to zero...
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