Quote from mschey:
Some you guys have no IDEA WTF you are talking about!
The bear and the dragon....will one day wage war and it has nothing to do with us, and everything to do with natural resources! Mainly, the bears vast resources in it's eastern empire, and the Dragons insatiable appetite for them. Our biggest challenge is to find another country to manufacture our low cost goods without trying to kill us, or give heavy metal poisoning to our children!
Stop playing Monday morning quarterback...What do any of you know about former US presidents, I bet most couldn't name more then a dozen off the top your head, and maybe one or two on here are real students of history and could talk about the hot items and challenges that former US presidents faced.
As for Bush, well, 20 years from now, let's see how history judges his term in office. Will the world be a better or worse place, I'm betting on BETTER!
Jimmy Carter was by far the worst president in modern history, but I bet no one on here remembers paying 15% mortgage interest!
Please bear in mind that I'm a religious conservative that cheered for Bush to win in 2000. I was, and still am a huge supporter of the senior Bush, and thought his son would offer similar leadership. Bush senior was head of the CIA and as president gave America one of its greatest military victories. Bush junior is a buffoon who has done enormous damage to America. The guy should not be running a corporation, let alone the most powerful country in the world.
I'm someone who despised Clinton for the scandals he put America through. However, looking back, his leadership is so much greater than Bush's that they cannot even be compared. I'm so disgusted with Bush now, that as a conservative, I would even welcome Hillary Clinton as president because she would undoubtedly bring in her husband's enormous intellect and political skill. America needs leadership, no matter the political affiliation.
The fact is, a poll in Russia named America far and away its greatest enemy and competition. Far ahead of China. Russia hate America. Russia is putting enormous amounts of resources into its military. They have alot of pride and nationalism, and will do anything to restore it, at the cost of world security.
Communism was the greatest scourge in human history. Russia has a history of oppression, and will add to this history.
Don't understimate Russia and China. They are doing joint military exercises. Yes, they could become enemies, but I think they're smart enough to realize that it would be in their best interest to combine their forces and destabilize America. After that, then they could become enemies.
Don't write off Russia and China. You do a great mistake by doing so. Beware of them. They are two enormous powers that have the potential for great destruction. Russia has done this in the past, and will try to do so in the future. Russia has alot of pride that it has lost the last decade that it wants to restore.
This whole "terrorism" thing has been so overblown and overemphasized that America is ignoring the threat of Russia and China.
9/11 was the greatest thing that happened to Bush, and he even screwed that up by overplaying his hand by invading Iraq.
When is America gonna get out of Iraq? How long is this quagmire going to last? How much will America be weakened?