What is the cause of Bush's love of war?

[Rocknrule]

Why does he probably masturbate to the 1st half-hour of Saving Private Ryan? Why did he get all giddy when he got to execute someone as governor of Texas? Why does he think dropping bombs is the answer to all problems?

Is it his upbringing? Is it because he thinks God chose him to start the Apocalypse? Does he play too many violent videogames? :sarcasm: Is it penis envy? Or is he just a sociopath?

[AuntPatsy]

1. Its a mixture of a power trip and greed.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. He thought it was fun to blow up frogs when he was a boy

Studies show that people who are cruel to animals often grow up glorying in hurting people.

[chat_noir]

11. blowing ups frogs - as did "Super Skip" , the sociopath next door

"... out. Then he would hurl the corpses as far out into the lake as he could, yelling at the dead frogs as they flew, "Too bad for you, you little fuck-face froggy!" There were so many frogs in that lake. He ..."

"... THE SOCIOPATH NEXT DOOR That summer, he shoved the devices, one by one, into the mouths of the captured frogs, ignited them, and threw the frogs high into the air over the lake. Or sometimes he would put the ignited ..."

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/076791581X/ref=sib_vae_pg_20/103-7637319-4837450?%5Fencoding=UTF8&keywords=frogs&p=S01M&twc=8&checkSum=hK2B3%2B0%2BNKecq2APp%2BsnApX2by%2BJxOp9HJMNOc%2BGHVc%3D#reader-page




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[TallahasseeGrannie]

3. ittttttie bittttttie tiny little pee-pee

[ixion]

10. ding ding ding

you win the prize. :bounce:

[tridim]

4. Proving to Mommy that he's better than Daddy

That, and he also enjoyed blowing up frogs with firecrackers.

[Arkansas Granny]

19. I think he wants to show Poppy Bush that he's better at

"presidenting". That and the fact that PNAC is using him like a tool. I'm sure that his vanity was easy for them to exploit.

[Canuckistanian]

5. It's the only job where you can send people to be killed

Oh, and also as Governor of a state, where you can turn down clemency for a death penalty.

Shrub just loves death.

[sabate]

6. OK, take three deep breaths...

...then renew your prescriptions for Valium, Librium, Xanax, or Halcion.

[libodem]

7. he questions his masculinity

yet he still craves approval from the likes of Rummy, Chaney, and Wolfie. These types need to put down gays, talk up the war and drive SUVs. Putz-bag klutz, liar, war-lover, ohhhh that guy makes me soooo mad!!!!!

[earthside]

8. No Doubt About It: He's Impotent

Actually, I absolutely believe that he is Ted Bundy redux.

He's a psychopath that has been protected and coddled by a wealthy, powerful, elitist family.

[Doctor_J]

9. He's deeply disturbed

Sadism has been a trait since he was in short pants. He's a sociopath.

[Hamlette]

12. there is the fact that the only presidents we remember are war

presidents. . .if you read a lot of history, like I do, you hear vague references to it in presidential biographies....they actually talk about stuff like that..."you won't be remembered unless there is a war".

I can't help but think that factored into bush's thinking at some level. Can't you just hear the likes of Cheney and Rummy saying "you'll be the hero of all history...you will be remembered for ending the war/strife in the middle east...presidents who don't get a war are not remembered....you will be."

Ego. Testosterone. (is that redundant?) That's all I've got.

[sabate]

13. Please see previous post "Take three deep breaths"

[Hamlette]

23. I don't deserve a time out for my post.

Since you are so sure there is another reason, help us out here.

Why do YOU think they went to war? Really. I'm curious. I have read dozens of books, hundreds of articles, listened to all the speeches. I cannot figure it out.

Here's the list:

WMD fails because we KNEW there were no weapons, we had inspectors on the ground. Do you remember this period of time? Those of us who were paying attention couldn't see the evidence and none has materialized.

No 9/11 connection. Known by everyone, even Bush.

No alQueda connection. Known by everyone, even Bush.

Saddam was fully contained, the sanctions had worked (see Colin Powell's speeches summer of 2001) he was not a threat to the US.

Yeah, he had invaded another country TEN YEARS EARLIER... and there is credible evidence Kuwait was diagonal drilling. Anyway, it was 10 years earlier.

Yeah, he might have gassed his own people (one might ask how our friends the Turks deal with the Kurds...but you might not like the answer) but again, that was 10 years earlier and the issue is grayer than with Kuwait..we're not sure who did the gassing, it was in an area of unrest and an area where the Iranians were and Iraq was at war with the Iranians etc.

So, you tell me why we went to war in Iraq.

I have mulled this question over in my mind for over 3 years. Of all the countries to go after, why Iraq? Because you have to act crazy so they fear you and all the other countries are our friends?

The only other things I can come up with are oil (doesn't really work) or religion (I say that only because Blair is a born again Christian and I wonder if they really see the world differently. And, after reading Charlie Wilson's War and other books on the subject I think this war in the holy land/Israel needs protection stuff might be at play.)

Now you take three deep breaths and come up with a reason.

[Hamlette]

24. grow up, and stop giving people time outs.

Since you are so sure there is another reason, help us out here.

Why do YOU think they went to war? Really. I'm curious. I have read dozens of books, hundreds of articles, listened to all the speeches. I cannot figure it out.

Here's the list:

WMD fails because we KNEW there were no weapons, we had inspectors on the ground. Do you remember this period of time? Those of us who were paying attention couldn't see the evidence and none has materialized.

No 9/11 connection. Known by everyone, even Bush.

No alQueda connection. Known by everyone, even Bush.

Saddam was fully contained, the sanctions had worked (see Colin Powell's speeches summer of 2001) he was not a threat to the US.

Yeah, he had invaded another country TEN YEARS EARLIER... and there is credible evidence Kuwait was diagonal drilling. Anyway, it was 10 years earlier.

Yeah, he might have gassed his own people (one might ask how our friends the Turks deal with the Kurds...but you might not like the answer) but again, that was 10 years earlier and the issue is grayer than with Kuwait..we're not sure who did the gassing, it was in an area of unrest and an area where the Iranians were and Iraq was at war with the Iranians etc.

So, you tell me why we went to war in Iraq.

I have mulled this question over in my mind for over 3 years. Of all the countries to go after, why Iraq? Because you have to act crazy so they fear you and all the other countries are our friends?

The only other things I can come up with are oil (doesn't really work) or religion (I say that only because Blair is a born again Christian and I wonder if they really see the world differently. And, after reading Charlie Wilson's War and other books on the subject I think this war in the holy land/Israel needs protection stuff might be at play.)

Now you take three deep breaths and come up with a reason.

[seabeyond]

14. he is a bully. he is a little man. probably has an itsy bitsy

teenie weenie weenier. lol.

gosh i wish he would just read this post once, just once, lol lol. he would be able to get it up again, if he knew people talked about him like this. or we would have nuclear on iran

[killbotfactory]

15. he's a spoiled decadent creep

raised to believe his shit doesn't stink, and the lower classes are subhuman fodder for upper class wealth.

[melody]

16. One word: Poppy

And before Poppy, Grandpa Prescott.

[cloud_chaser1]

17. It stems from the time he deserted during the Vietnam War.

He has to show he is no coward.....that why he uttered that "Bring 'em on!" a few years back ands why he put on a Navy pilot's flight suit when he was not qualified to wear such a thing.

Actually I think it may run in the family. When Geo Sr was a Navy pilot in WW2, he had to ditch in the ocean like so many hapless pilots had to do but Georgie Sr when he was picked up by a submarine, conveniently had a movie combat cameraman on board the rescue submarine to film him being fished from the water. To show he was a hero? The only other people I can remember seeing on film being pulled from the water were German navy crewmen after we torpedoed their vessel. Well with Grandpa Bush and his ties to Hitler, maybe the cameraman could tell the difference between a german sailor and Sr.

[cloud_chaser1]

18. It stems from the time he deserted during the Vietnam War.

He has to show he is no coward.....that why he uttered that "Bring 'em on!" a few years back ands why he put on a Navy pilot's flight suit when he was not qualified to wear such a thing.

Actually I think it may run in the family. When Geo Sr was a Navy pilot in WW2, he had to ditch in the ocean like so many hapless pilots had to do but Georgie Sr when he was picked up by a submarine, conveniently had a movie combat cameraman on board the rescue submarine to film him being fished from the water. To show he was a hero? The only other people I can remember seeing on film being pulled from the water were German navy crewmen after we torpedoed their vessel. Well with Grandpa Bush and his ties to Hitler, maybe the cameraman could tell the difference between a german sailor and Sr.

[ktlyon]

20. war is just a perk of power in this case

Was that a real question?

[emulatorloo]

21. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Halliburton, Carlyle Group, BP, etc etc

[trixie]

22. New American Century