On 12/13/2014 12:11 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
How about...the *first* Gulf War, kinda planned in the Reagan
misadministration and planned for real and executed in the G. H. W. Bush
administration. Oh, wait, you libertarians believe Reagan and Bush were
Democrats, right?

Your perspectives on history lack...perspective.



Come on Harry. Have you forgotten about Saddam invading Kuwait and the
34 nations who joined with the US to boot him out?

As for war planning, the Pentagon (under any president) is constantly
developing "what if" scenarios for virtually any conflict or contingency.


Greg posited that *all* the wars in which we engaged in the 20th Century
were entered when Democratic presidents were in office. My counterposit
was that Greg was incorrect, and I offered an example.

The cause of that first Gulf War is not relevant to either Greg's claim
or my counterclaim. And of course your second point about planning is
correct.

Retrospective analysis of complex actions like wars usually requires
looking beyond simple reasons. Trying to attribute them to the party of
the party in the White House is simple minded.



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Let’s elect a gay black woman with a latino lover president,
if only for the possibility of provoking a right-wing mass suicide.

It's fun to watch you step on your tongue, as you did here.