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John Kerry-Too Much Like the Teacher Trying to be Buddy

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John Kerry-Too Much Like the Teacher Trying to be Buddy

Our Safety is My Main Concern for the Election

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My main concern in the next presidential election is national security.  I am interested in hearing what the two Johns will have to say in this respect in the months to come.  So far Senator Kerry strikes me as the teacher who is trying to be buddies with his students yet still wants respect.  It just isn't working for me and I am certain it won't work in the eyes of other nations.

Whether you agree with Pres Bush or not, he takes a stand and sticks to it.  Kerry does not.  David Letterman touched on what I am trying to get at with his Top Ten list a couple of nights ago.  It was the Top Ten things overheard during Saddam's hearing.  One of them was something to the effect of "It doesn't matter since I will be out as soon as Kerry takes over."  I think this joke is based off from a very real perception.

If "President Kerry" becomes a reality, I sure hope my fears are proven unfounded.

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
"27 retired senior government officials released a statement Wednesday morning claiming George W. Bush’s foreign policy has damaged the United States’s reputation abroad...".


So? You can't please everyone, and it is not in our interest to try. Maybe some of these countries that are unhappy with us should consider any rift between us as their diplomatic failure. After all, they need us a lot more than we need them.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
JillUser- I'm late for this, but wanted to add a comment. I'm concerned for our safety, as well. But I feel that in the end, Bush has done more harm in that way, then good. We are not thought well of. We, ourselves have to take our intelligence with a large grain of salt. At this point, any time I hear the threat level has been elevated, I roll my eyes. I think your point is good, security is an important thing for us right now, and I feel strongly that Bush does not provide it.
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Reply #28 from PolMach Forums Top
Bush Bunch repeats the same lies day after day, because at least they're not changing their stories. It also doesn't seem to matter that, in fact, the Bush Bunch flip-flops on issues of importance regularly


What lies would those be? What flip-flops are you referring to?
Reply #29 from PolMach Forums Top
I feel strongly that Bush does not provide it.


On what grounds? And, sorry to break this to you, but we weren't thought of well by other countries long before Bush. Do you think the hatred has only been around since Bush? When has France not looked down their noses at the US?
Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
WiseFawn: what many people who are suddenly interested in international politics don't understand is that the US has been on the outs with these nations for DECADES. We have had tradewar after tradewar. Anyone who really looks hard at international politics in the last 20 years or so would see how utterly transparent the behavior of those nation who now oppose is really is.

They have been wanting something to divert the attention from the fact that they are all wallowing in stagnant economies so they can be "hard" on us for some other excuse. They used the used the Iraqi people's pain to do business with Hussein, and now they use them as leverage against the US in what will eventually just subside back into a greedy trade battle.

All you war freaks will forget about the situation once the US is out, or worse, blame Iraq for something that is far older and much less clear-cut. The fact is, though, Europe is using Iraq as a bargaining chip in a battle that has nothing to do with Iraq.