Tale of Two Presidents

[No Exit]

Tale of Two Presidents

By Stephen Pizzo

Bill Clinton's motto might be described as "Make love, not war." Unfortunately he took the sentiment a bridge too far and got himself impeached. Still Clinton was on to something. Two previous presidents, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, had seen their administrations destroyed by choosing war. Clinton's choice ruined one blue dress and soiled his legacy. Johnson and Nixon's choice got millions of people killed, now we know, unnecessarily.

I was in the Marine Corps so I'm hardly a knee jerk peacenik. Sometimes turning the other cheek amounts to suicide. But those times are rare. Most of the time war is the worst choice among other unattractive choices. For example, had we turned the other cheek (as in minded our damn business) in Vietnam, the only thing what would have changed is a whole lot more folks on both sides would still have a pulse today.

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On the farm we have a way of punishing a chicken killing dog. (PETA's gonna hate this.) We tie the dead chicken around the offending dog's neck and leave it there a few days. It drives the dog nuts. He tears through the fields, howls, whines, rolls in the dirt, skids along the ground, trying to shed the evidence of his crime. It's quite a show.

Remember that image the next time you hear George W. Bush giving a speech attacking those who criticize his war in Iraq. The dead chickens of Iraq are now securely fastened around Bush's neck. And he knows now that the longer they remain the worse they're gonna stink.

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[Erika]

1. Bush would quake upon meeting a Marine n/t

[Demeter]

2. Funny--Wasn't It True That Clinton Was Rabidly Uneasy In Military Presence

Perhaps the fear of fanaticism in any form (my fear) or true heroism (Clinton's fear) or fear of assassination (Bush's legitimate concern, even when there wasn't anyone gunning for him). It's all the same. The military make bad servants and worse masters.

[tibbiit]

3. "Funny--Wasn't It True That Clinton Was Rabidly Uneasy In Military Presenc

In light of the last 5 years of propaganda do we still really believe ANYTHING about ANY Dem that was written and spread as FACT in the past by the MSM/Republicons?

I dont.
tib

[Uncle Joe]

4. I totally agree,

that is just another myth created by the corpwhorate owned MSM to help enable the neocon nazis to power.

[Raster]

5. I think it was manufactured bullshit. Just like the military ALWAYS votes

for and supports the gop. Let's ask the military who they'd rather have as Commander-in-Chief, Bill Clinton or dumbya? I think we would all be pleasantly surprised.