Reply #12: It's mostly just non-specific, Hannity-esque pontification. [View All]

[Cat Atomic]

It's sort of hard to counter his statements, since he's not really saying anything. He's just praising the United States and certain US politcians, then summarizing very complex issues with "my team is best".

As to the Israeli/Palestinian issue he brought up, he really should recognize the fact that the United States is not an impartial observer. Every administration in the last 50 years has made it clear that we back Israel, and our funding records and UN voting record illustrate that fact very clearly. With that in mind, it's surprising there haven't been more attacks on US interests than there have been.

The $87 billion? I happen to think we HAVE to spend that money. We levelled the country, we have to help reconstruct it.

Where I part ways with guys like this is in how the money should be spent. I don't think it's a good idea to hand gobs of money to American businesses to reconstruct the place, just on faith. There has to be a very tight accounting of where that money is spent.

I assume he backs the idea of Iraqi oil funding the reconstruction. I would love to hear his explanation of why that doesn't amount to stealing the resources and wealth of a country we've invaded. If you export Iraqi oil, then take those funds and hand them to an American company to pay for their reconstruction charges... well... that's stealing the oil.