From: jnichel@no_spamby-tor.com   
      
   On 4/7/2011 9:04 PM, Mike Smith wrote:   
   > On 4/6/2011 10:57 PM, John Nichel wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Bush didn't leave innocent, American civilians imprisoned in a shithole   
   >> like Iran for over a year.   
   >   
   > You mean, as opposed to sending thousands of American troops to their   
   > deaths in a war against a country that never attacked the United States,   
   > under trumped-up false pretenses? As poor a President as he was, I'll   
   > take Carter over Bush any day.   
   >   
      
   Major difference.  Those who *volunteer* for the U.S. Armed Forces know   
   that their life can be put on the line at any given moment, for reasons   
   that they may or may not believe in.  These people sign a blank check to   
   their country, knowing that check may be cashed for their life.  This is   
   who Bush sent to Iraq.  I'm not saying going into Iraq was right, but   
   that the honorable men and women who have served and are still serving   
   over there *volunteered* knowing that something like this could be their   
   fate.   
      
   The majority of the men and women held prisoner in Iran were *not*   
   military personnel.  They were diplomats, office workers, etc.  Innocent   
   civilians; they were the type of people our government is supposed to   
   protect.  Carter failed in the most important role of the POTUS.  He   
   blinked and fumbled when this country needed a leader.  He let some   
   college students over in a shithole country make us their bitch.   
   Everyone talks about what Bush did do the world's perception of the   
   United States, but he never made us look weak.   
      
   I know we're going to have to agree to disagree on this though.   
      
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