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Gore Speech criticizing Regan/Bush 41 outlines Iraq policy and underscores what Clinton and Gore left behind for GW Bush to deal with.

A lot has been written about the war on terror and the Iraq phase and some of the issues involved with Iraq were cited as reasons people elected Democrats back to the majority. People are generally followers and most either lack the education or the ability to review history and to learn from the past. In this particular case Democrats were able to blast the war and talk about bringing the troops home in disgrace (how are they doing on that?). This despite the fact that most Democrats in Congress voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq. Americans forgot about that when they cast their ballots. After all, they were told that Bush lied us to war and that the Democrats were deceived. The left derides Bush as the dumbest man on Earth and the leaders in the Democratic Party admit that Bush tricked them. If the dumbest man in the world was able to dupe them it seems to me they are admitting they are not smart enough to be in the Congress.

I have written in the past and a number of others have pointed out as well, the number of Democrats in Congress who said that Hussein had to go, he was pursuing nukes, he was a tyrant, and that he used chemical weapons and would do so again. The number of Democrats in Congress who said that Hussein had to go and that he was a threat made quite an impressive list and included people like Al Gore, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. The reason they were able to make these claims is that they made them when Bill Clinton was President. Democrats only see threats and reasons for the use of force when a Democrat is in the White House. Not so surprising is the fact that many Americans chose to ignore this or were too caught up in their own little worlds to know this and they voted for Democrats, the party that promised to have the most ethical government and to clear up all the problems (how is that going?).

Al Gore loves to tell everyone how the world would be different if he had been allowed to cheat Bush out of the Presidency. He has written that we would have more friends, that we would be respected everywhere, and that things would be different with regard to the war. The funny thing is, back when George Bush’s father was in the White House and Clinton/Gore were running to unseat him and Quayle, Gore gave a speech where he blasted HW Bush for not going after Hussein. Gore also points to the many ties to terrorism that Hussein had and that Hussein was trying to obtain nukes. This YouTube video has that speech and I want you to listen to it carefully because all the things Gore blasted HW Bush for were never rectified by Clinton/Gore:

Hussein was still in office when Clinton left, he was still harboring terrorists, he was still committing atrocities, he was still torturing his own people, he was still ignoring UN sanctions and he was doing so because Clinton and Gore did exactly what they accused HW Bush of doing when he was in office. The American people ate this stuff up when Gore said it on the campaign trail and they elected him and Clinton to run the country. One would assume that those on the left who voted for Clinton/Gore did so in part because they talked about being tough on terror and on Hussein. They talked about Bush’s failure to take Hussein out thus indicating they would do something about it. And yet for eight long years they were unwilling to walk the walk after they had talked the talk.

In 2001 GW Bush enters and we are attacked. Bush attacks the Taliban in Afghanistan and then, after getting overwhelming approval from Congress, launches a war into Iraq. He took out Hussein who has since been executed for his crimes and Bush has helped millions of people be liberated from the tyrant. These people have had free elections and we are killing terrorists over there instead of here. His actions ensured that the WMD would not be used by Hussein though they were, unfortunately, moved into Syria before we could get to them. Regardless, GW Bush has done everything that Al Gore attacked HW Bush for not doing. Listen carefully to Gore and then think about what Bush has done and ask yourself if Bush’s actions fulfill what Al Gore thought HW should have been doing. Then ask yourself if Bush did what Clinton/Gore told America they would do but failed to deliver and then ask yourself if Bush should be criticized for the actions he took when America approved of those action by electing Clinton/Gore.

George W Bush is not the greatest president to ever live and his immigration stance practically ensures that he will not be near the top. History looks unkindly on those who ruin their countries and cause the downfall of a civilization. Be that as it may, Bush delivered on those things Gore indicated he and Clinton would do. Like I said though, Americans are not educated enough or do not have the ability to understand these things. Memories are only good fro the last 5 days before an election and most people on the left vote in huge numbers so they can get more government handouts.

I shudder to think what it would have been like if Gore had won. Sheryl Stoned and Leo DiCapretard would be in his cabinet replacing light bulbs in DC and hustling carbon credits on the side. Gore would open the world carbon bank and fight the war on terror by threatening to make terrorists watch An Inconvenient Truth over and over and over.

And people say Gitmo is cruel.

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