tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post111642487919560817..comments2024-01-09T15:21:52.135-08:00Comments on Sayet Right: Why Dems Supported War In Bosnia But Not IraqEvan Sayethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989761214143022432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-1133156929555875862005-11-27T21:48:00.000-08:002005-11-27T21:48:00.000-08:00Oh, come on, "happygolucky." BOTH sides are hypocr...Oh, come on, "happygolucky." BOTH sides are hypocrites! You know damn well that the reason Democrats didn't support the war in Iraq is the same reason the Republicans didn't support the war in Bosnia:<BR/><BR/>PARTISAN POLITICS.<BR/><BR/> No more, no less. It's childish and idiotic. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the sugar in the gas tank of our government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-1117648838929886702005-06-01T11:00:00.000-07:002005-06-01T11:00:00.000-07:00I take great offense to this article being a nativ...I take great offense to this article being a native of Sarajevo. I think the question you should be asking yourself is Why George Bush Sr. supported the wars in Iraq and Somalia but not Bosnia? He refused to send troops in to help and excused his action by saying that he didn't want another Vietnam in the middle of Europe.<BR/><BR/>Bill Clinton on the other hand saw genocide and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia for what it was, the worst in Europe since the Holocaust. Also the demand for freedom and independence by Bosnians and Croats from a post communist and at the time highly socialist Yugoslavia is something that so many of our past presidents have supported in Latin American nations and elsewhere around the world. <BR/><BR/>Eric your last comment which states that victory in Bosnia strengthened the Islamic movement is ridiculous. Bosnian Muslims are as far from fundamentalists as is possible to get. They are among the very few secular Muslim nations in the world and the majority of the population of Bosnia is made up of Croats and Serbs anyways. <BR/><BR/>You might also be interested to know that the first Bosnian unit of soldiers has been deployed for Iraq just this past week to aid the US coalition there. Majority of who are Muslims and are most definitly supporting their American allies and not their fellow Muslims. <BR/><BR/>To further illustrate the difference between Bosnia and Iraq, i will mention that not a single American soldier lost their life in Bosnia during the war. As a matter in fact ground troops never even went into Bosnia as anything other then peacekeepers and observers. The extent of American help during the Bosnian war was the bombardment of key bridges and roads which slowed the Serbian occupation of Bosnia. The troops there now are a part of a NATO force primarily responsible for bringing in war criminals to proper authorities.<BR/><BR/>I am rather surprised that you don't know your facts about the conflicts in the Balkans if you are going to compare the people there to terrorists and jihadists. You should be ashamed of yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-1117418502106340322005-05-29T19:01:00.000-07:002005-05-29T19:01:00.000-07:00Q) What exactly have we "liberated" the Iraqi peop...Q) What exactly have we "liberated" the Iraqi people for?<BR/><BR/>A) Freedom and democracy.<BR/><BR/>Truth) Last I checked, the Iraqi people may have actually had it better before because insurgency is not democracy.<BR/><BR/>Q) What is the REAL reason Iraq was invaded?<BR/><BR/>A) Weapons of Mass Destruction...Ooops...I mean, to liberate the people. Yeah, that's right. Spreading freedom.<BR/><BR/>Truth) OIL (Ooops again! Silly us). Face it, if Iraq was exporting rutabagas the big oil and energy business-types who make up the majority of this administration's cabinet wouldn't be using the most powerful military on the planet to invade a poor country to get at their biggest resource.<BR/><BR/>Opinion) If the Soviet Union hadn't collapsed, the Gulf War of 1990 as well as the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would never have happened. I never thought I'd say this, but if Bush has proven anything, he's proven that the USSR was a necessary evil because it's presence, no matter how menacing, maintained balance. Now, representing the only remaining so-called Superpower, who's going to stop this administration from attacking anybody they want? (The United Nations isn't even worth mentioning) The Democrats are also a necessary evil but their total lack of ability to do anything has allowed these hard-liners that influence many members of Congress to have a voice in our everyday lives. Trumpeting the defeat of Fascists in Iraq while promoting a similar idea here is total hypocrisy. But it's also a way to keep us all fighting amongst each other while the oil companies and politicians sleep together at our expense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-1116966538812715632005-05-24T13:28:00.000-07:002005-05-24T13:28:00.000-07:00I think that the left in this country are nothing ...I think that the left in this country are nothing than arrogant. It is their arrogance that those who don't believe in their social experimentation that leads them to contradict themselves in the actions. Take this social security plan that Bush is trying to get into law. Most liberals forget and are shocked that this plan was actually similar to one that Clinton tried to enact during his presidency. But if Bush proposes it then it HAS to be wrong. <BR/><BR/>Most liberals love to champion the action of the UN but forget what history has taught us about not taking action. One only has to look at the actions (or inactions) of the League of Nations when dealing with Hitler's aggression to see how dangerous it can get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-1116890090515455652005-05-23T16:14:00.000-07:002005-05-23T16:14:00.000-07:00I agree that the Dems have drifted so far to the l...I agree that the Dems have drifted so far to the left that they can no longer call themselves centrist. However, I do not believe that the left supported the US war in Bosnia because it supported Muslims. Rather, it was because there was no US national interest. It seems to be a leftist axiom that the US can never defend itself or pursue its interests in a legitimate way. The left also seems to be a little leary of France, Germany or Britain defending themselves vigorously. I believe it has more to do with the leftist "support the underdog" starting point, which has led the left to a place where the underdog is always right (see their position on the Palistinian arabs)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com