Everything is Obama's fault. Except good stuff.

Spexx, has it escaped your notice that Democratic Administrations have not for decades actually seriously attempted to decisively win any wars? They are no less eager, on the record, to get into the shooting than Republican Administrations, but the record says that somehow they never believe in actually winning in such clashes. They're not in it to win.

The Republicans, by contrast, think it is a virtue for the forces of democracy to win wars, especially with antidemocratic forces. And antidemocrats are the only foes we've shot at since 1898. Look it up if you don't want to just believe me. I already understand this and why shouldn't you?

(And the Libertarians potentially could think this way, and still, I think, be Libertarians. They don't -- yet.)

The last Democratic President to win a war was Truman. The last Dem President to attempt it was Johnson. For God's sake, even that was two generations ago.

Cool. When do we start "winning" in the middle east? I thought the mission was accomplished but we just seem to be wallowing in mediocrity instead of actually winning anything. There's no money in the cure.

The Bosnian war....with a combination of military force and forceful diplomacy (Dayton accord)....and only one US casualty.

It's not fucking worth it with UG, Redux. I made exactly the same point to him in exactly the same context: here and here. He did not pay attention. He is write-only.

Maybe if we say it louder.

HEY! URBANE GUERILLA!

BILL CLINTON WON THE GODDAMN BOSNIAN WAR!!!!

Just giving him a third strike to swing at.

I'll go back to my coffee now.

Bosnia doesn't count, because we didn't gain any land, or raw materials, for the American empire business interests.

Sorry about my late edits. My posts are first drafts for the first five minutes...

Rinse and repeat as necessary.

:rolleyes:

We should have ignored Bosnia completely. It was in the European backyard, they should have delt with it completely.

You wouldn't make that statement if it hadn't been

Bill Clinton

who stopped a genocide of ethnic cleansing including systematic mass rape and torture when he

won the war

HA! I, for one, am loving UT's new posting style.

Fixed that for ya.

:)

Good one!