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Reader Comments ( Page 9 of 34)
121. Do you agree with Ambassador Galbraith assessment of the Iraq situation, in that, we should deploy our troops where they'd do the most good--fighting the terrorists---since we've never had enough troops to maintain the peace throughout the country and get back to our ultimate goal.
G. Pritchard at 12:33AM on Oct 26th 2006
122. Democrats need control of the Senate. However, they will end up blamed for all 8 yrs. of this mess. Two years is no where near enough time to repair all of the damage. Would it be a win/win situation or a win/lose?
Trish at 12:38AM on Oct 26th 2006
123. In reguard to the war, Pres Bush may one mistake and that is that he should had have a min of 500,000 combat troops to do a mass invasion beside its air strike and artilliry, but instead he and Rumfeild did not want to listen to out Generals and sent about 150,000 combat. U.S should have a requirement of all men and women to serve at least 3 years of militry service, like Korea and Isreal and other nations do. Maybe the illegal imigreants would not come to US and they come to rip honey and not serve. I heard them say if I have to serve in the military I will go back to my country. They get jobs as engineers making $50/60,000 and us Yankee boys can not get jobs. I am a Puerto Rican and a US citens and an ex combat V-nam vet and some even talk bad of this country. An all volenteer Army does not work because only a few join and other just do not want to serve, draft is questionable so Congress should pass a law that all must serve so that we may have suffencient troops.
Dom Mendez at 10:23PM on Oct 27th 2006
124. Bible belt voters are (as they always have been)too easy to manipulate, when compared to librals who use their brain rather than their faith. They'll again swing the vote and republicans will still control both houses.
R. M. Tarabein, MD
Fairhope, AL
Rassan M Tarabein at 12:02AM on Oct 26th 2006
125. I noticed that Congressman Van Hooten(MD) retracted his letter to the president where he asked for the White House to push for a cease-fire in Southern Lebanon several weeks before the actual stop. I heard that the Jewish lobby-IBEX?- was behind the incident so that Israel could punish the Lebanese for their allowing Hasbala's? initial bombing of Israel. Your opinion please
G. Pritchard at 12:25AM on Oct 26th 2006
126. Speaking of aliens Sam, aren't you one of them? which galaxy? let me guess.
R M Tarabein, MD
Fairhope, AL
Rassan M Tarabein at 12:11AM on Oct 26th 2006
127. Sam...I have to say this, no matter whether you are Democrat or Republican or an Independant, no matter who is and will be President, we will still have the same troops in Iraq, we will still have the same problems in Iraq, it`s not a matter of the President of The United States fighting this war against terrorism...it`s all of us that must wage this war. If the rest of the American people want to cast thier ballot based on how things are going in Iraq, they are foolish indeed. Makes no difference to me who is President, both now and in 2 years. Because the President, Congress nor the House can make the insurgency any easier to crush. But be warned, unless we win this war, we will not be safer...and no Denocrat or Republican will make any difference if we pull out too soon. Thats a fact....face it, America! I have to say furthermore, shame on those who said this was a mistake, because WMD or not, it was just a matter of time in Iraq. Just as it is/was in Iran and North Korea. The American people needs to wake up...other countries are out to destroy what we have here in The United Staates, and that is "FREEDOM"...so now I ask you, "Do you want to stay in Iraq and get this done while we can, or do you want to continue to pretend these threats dont exist"? Our President and our troops are over taking care of this so it doesnt seep into this country and rule over us, just so you people can continue to have the right to think and say what you please. But remember one other important thing, we could be ruled over one day just as those in Iraqies, Iranians and Afghanistans and North Koreans are/were. Sorry...I like my freedom too much to live like those people had to and still are in North Korea. Imagine if your children and grandchildren had to live under that kind of rule. Because believe me, sooner or later, we will have to face this ultimatum, but because President Bush had the courage to take it to these extremists, we have more time to live our freedoms and our lives. Remember 9-11-2001? We were caught off guard then, we cant afford for that to happen ever again, America! I dont give a damned about this so-called faulty intelligence, faulty or not, it got our attention on that fateful day in September 2001. Imagine if the President turned a blind eye to that! You folks have the right to criticize and judge President Bush, yes....you do, but remember, he had a choice....do nothing, or go after these terrorists! Which would you rather he had done? You be the judge!
Wes at 12:15AM on Oct 26th 2006
128. Why don't they legalize drugs and let the prisoners of the War on drugs out of the overcrowded prisons go free?
Carrie Stoafer at 12:18AM on Oct 26th 2006
129. Why has the President in his appointment of the two recent members to the Supreme Court now has the combination of five of the members either Opus Dei or Catholic??? This will affect the decisions in the court for years to come.
Robert Moore at 12:40AM on Oct 26th 2006
130. When the Democrats fail to win either house of Congress in the election, is it time to change Democratic congressional leaders?
Jim at 12:44AM on Oct 26th 2006
131. after watching hard ball today ,and all the other information out there, i feel we should call for the impeachment of george bush --dick cheeny-- condollisa rice --and donald rumsfield,.then we as a country should put jimmy carter as permanentt diplomat for the representing of the united states. by the way with full authority we had given geo bush.leave it then untill the next elections so we can then elect barak obama for president and hillary clinton for vise president.
leonard e sandell at 12:52AM on Oct 26th 2006
132. The President states that the economy is thriving after the tax cuts he implimented. He also takes credit for the stock market reaching an all time high.
BUT, the President failed to mention that the national debt is now $8.7 TRILLION dollars.
BUT, the President failed to also mention that the Asian stock markets also reached their all time high on the same day. The U. S. has borrowed money from the Chinese and other foreign countries.
In addition, It has been reported on the news that the MIDDLE CLASS citizen is now borrowing on their home equity the largest amount in history just to exist.
Bob Moore at 12:51AM on Oct 26th 2006
133. i find it quite interesting that president bush gets blamed for high gas and oil prices but when they come down he gets no credit and its just some republican conspiracy to win an election. furthermore the economy is doing great yet you never here that on the news media and this president gets no credit for that. lastly the dems haves made it very clear they plan to raise taxes as charlie wrangle has said several times yet people will vote in the dems i fing that very scary thinking.
scott sander at 12:51AM on Oct 27th 2006
134. I just want to know why is Bush such an Idiot of a so called President and what is it about him that we as a people should be so overjoyed about. There is War right here in the streets of the most sacred part of the world the USA and what are the PIMPS and GANGSTERS doing about it in the
Crap House BKA The White House.
Tara at 1:16AM on Oct 26th 2006
135. I would like to know why George Bush is not being impeached? After all, Clinton was impeached on far less serious matters which were really not anybody's business but his own, and the alleged "victim" was twenty -- far above the age of consent -- and by all accounts, anything that happened between her and Clinton was by mutual consent. In glaring contrast, Bush betrayed the whole country, destroyed our world image, not to mention led us in a war that may well be the undoing of this great nation in more ways than one: economically, internationally, as well as LEGALLY and MORALLY (considering we have just decided to formally deviate from the Geneva Convention; to take away Habeas Corpus -- the most basic right recognized by at least the civilized countries in the world -- from at least one class of citizens who are merely SUSPECTED of being but may not actually be terrorists; and have thrown away well over fifty years of hard-earned rights to privacy, in the name of "national security"). So to repeat: will someone kindly tell me why is George Bush NOT being impeached? Is it because the Democrats are more cowardly in going after Bush than the Republicans were in going after Clinton? Or is it just that the Bush "dynasty" is far more rich and powerful -- and thus better at quieting the opposition -- than the Clintons were?
Zurreen Zubairie at 1:11AM on Oct 26th 2006