Bush Ruined it for the Warmongers

[RobertEarl]

No longer will a president of the US be able to lie us into war.

Bush did lie and the country learned a lesson.

Even those who thought Bush was the best this country had to offer (the fools!) are now singing the old hippie, civil rights era song of:

War. Huh? What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing.

America has turned a corner. England, too. For the first time since they declared the war against the states to be over, they have turned down a chance for more war!

This is truly an Historic occasion. And we get to be part of it.

[leftstreet]

1. No, Democrats did

Democrats swept into power in 2006 and 2008 by bonding themselves to the antiwar movement

They can't 'do' war after that

[RobertEarl]

2. Ya wanna argue that point?

I don't.

Even here in the mountains, people were po'd at Bush.

And asking: What good is war?

[LiberalEsto]

3. Count on Dumbya to ruin war for the warlovers. nt

[RobertEarl]

4. We did say, back then...

...that maybe this country needed this outright lie to be made before it would grow up and decide not to act like children on the playground.

Like the first time any of us began to understand that Santa Claus was a lie, and hey, we've been lied to!

[erpowers]

5. Bush Did Not Ruin It For Warmongers

Future presidents will be able to lie this country into war. What we are seeing now is a good example of the difference between a President Obama versus a President McCain and a President Obama versus a President Romney. What is happening now shows the importance of who is in the White House and who controls Congress. For all of you DUers who argue with those who say there is no difference between the people who would reside in the White House Syria is your exhibit A in the case against that idea. In my opinion if there would have been a President McCain or a President Romney we would already be at war with Syria.

In addition, I think some of the opposition to going to war with Syria is due to President Obama being a Democrat and black. There may a large number of Republicans who do not like President Obama and do not want to support allowing him to go to war. I think if either McCain or Romney were President there would be more support for invading Syria.

[RobertEarl]

7. I think you are wrong

Romney or McCain would both be shouted down and made to produce the evidence. Same as we are asking from Obama.

[quaker bill]

16. I think not

because doing so would "question their patriotism", something you can't do to a white republican. However, you can call a black democratic president a liar aloud from the floor of congress during the SOTU....

[LisaLynne]

17. Yeah, as much as I would like to believe the premise of the OP ...

we would already be bombing with troops on the way if we had a Republican president. Yes, those of us opposed to military action in Syria would be screaming, but they can and have ignored us before.

[LittleBlue]

6. The war perverts will try their hardest

But even the American people aren't buying it this time.

[RobertEarl]

8. Yep

Even on DU they are pulling out all the stops, trying to make us bend under pressure.

I am proud of what I have been reading on DU. Seems 90% are against war.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. Since we just had a related anniversary...

http://www.globalimageworks.com/clip.php?id=8426&request=3&startrow=6970

[devils chaplain]

10. If only...

No longer will a president of the US be able to lie us into war.

If only that were so. For now, recent disasters are still fresh in our collective mind... but we always forget eventually. It's up to us to keep it in memory for as long as possible.

[Arctic Dave]

11. I think Snowden and Manning helped.

The mask of righteousness was lifted and people were able to get a sliver of what is going on without their knowledge.

They masses are not happy.

[kentuck]

12. See there a son is born and we pronounce him fit to fight...

Jethro Tull

[Octafish]

18. Outstanding artists, all. Changed the world.

A distant cousin of mine once worked with Mr. Anderson...

[bluedeathray]

13. Sorry, this only holds true for ~1-2 generations.

RE: Vietnam

[LearningCurve]

14. Thanks for the reminder

People have short attention spans.

[woo me with science]

15. K&R

[Unrepentant Fenian]

19. "Your flag decal won't get you into Heaven any more"...

[tecelote]

20. Bush and his wars sunk our economy.

Now that our country is too broke to take care of it's citizens, everyone is asking how we can afford another war?

Of course, we all know that the 1% will make money selling weapons to all sides and, if we win, they will enjoy another oil bonanza.

Forced in to budget sequestration yet, hey! let's just increase our military spending dramatically. All the right people make money!