Blogcritics: Comments on President Bush: The Peace Candidate?

Comment by MCH

Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:20:03 EST

"Honor the Fallen" www.militarycity.com/valor/honor_alpha_j.html "Army PFC Leslie D. Jackson, 18, of Richmond, Va.; Assigned to A Company, 115 Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Div., Ft. Hood, TX.; Killed May 20 when her military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device as she was returning to Camp Eagle in Baghdad." Leslie, who enjoyed shopping and dressing-up and loved to do her nails, grew up in a close-knit family. She is survived by her parents. Miss Jackson was a battalion commander in the JROTC program at her high school in Richmond before graduating. This beautiful 18-year old black woman paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country because she felt that actions speak louder than words. to send condolences, www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/jacksonleslied.html "All gave some...some gave all." MCH - Vietnam era vet

Comment by Hal Pawluk

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:31:19 EDT

And Bush accomplished this with his unilateral invasion of Iraq? Have the inmates escaped again?

Comment by Shark

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:29:03 EDT

And things are great in Iraq, too!

Comment by JR

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:10:01 EDT

To hear the barely-lucid Left talk, one would think the world was on the cusp of Armageddon. That's funny, I've heard exactly that kind of talk from people on the Right. In fact, there's a very popular series of books based on just that premise.

Comment by Jeff

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:07:45 EDT

Where were the protestors when Clinton waged an "illegal war" They were on college campuses. They just weren't as numerous or organized. They've always been there though. 19 major armed conflicts were under way worldwide in '03, a sharp drop from 33 wars counted in 1991 Who gets the credit for that one in your opinion RJ? It would seem that Clinton was the man in charge for the majority of that time.

Comment by Jason Koulouras

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 04:47:35 EDT

Interesting statistically speaking...However the numbers are skewed by the Rwanda/Hutu/Tutsi slaughters that occured during President Clinton's term. To be frank there is something similar going on in the Sudan (not as big) that President Bush has not engaged in directly by using the military. I would argue that President Bush would have not gotten the US directly involved in Rwanda either and thus he would not be a peace president. Rwandan affairs have virtually zero strategic significance to the "Western World" never mind the US specifically. "As it's often said there's lies, damned lies and statistics. Statistics can be used to say just about anything about anything. It's not the numbers it's how you use them." I would posit that Rwanda "happened" during the Clinton term and that the US government was not prepared to intervene and it could have happened during the Bush term with the same outcome and that would have made Bush the "war" president and Clinton the "peace" president. Regards, Jason