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2016 Postmortem

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

3. The PNAC/Cheney/Bush crowd has completely fucked us over.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 11:32 AM

Mar 2013

Stretched our military thin, killed our soldiers, created a mess for veterans' care, borrowed insane amounts of money, wrecked the economy, inflated the DoD budget to unsustainable levels, strengthened Iran's hand, destabilized the ME, failed to focus on Afghanistan and LEAVE. And now that we face actual, non-manufactured threats, we have to summon the will and money to deal with it despite all our problems.

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George W Bush - the gift that keeps on giving - [View all] hedgehog Mar 2013 OP

That doesn't make North Korea benign lunatica Mar 2013 #1

Look at it from the persecective of an isolated, paranoid ruling class: hedgehog Mar 2013 #2

True, as of lately it has gotten progressively worse davidpdx Mar 2013 #6

The PNAC/Cheney/Bush crowd has completely fucked us over. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #3

I wouldn't call it a gift. He's the cancer that won't... santamargarita Mar 2013 #4

I don't think his saying that directly affected the situation davidpdx Mar 2013 #5