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Somebody Lied
Many of these dates are pre 1/20/2001 (inauguration of GW Bush). Additionally, many of the people on this list spoke equally as eloquent on the topic of the right to life of the unborn until they changed tunes as Presidential opportunities opened up. Today you only hear that fact discussed in the mainstream media about certain Republicans that made the same switch. And you hear nothing about the pronouncements by these Democrats concerning Iraq in the 1990’s and early 2000’s as we ran up to the 2nd Iraqi war. It should be noted that it was the policy of the United States established by Public Law 105-338 titled the “Iraq Liberation Act of 1998″ passed by the Congress of the United States and signed by President Clinton which provided for “regime change” in Iraq and this law was proffered by both President Bush and the Congress in support of their enactment of Public Law Read more
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick
Some of the most prosperous nations in the world (notwithstanding the resource endowed countries of the Middle East) are so not only because we were once at war with them, but because the U.S. won. They United States has a history of defeating countries and then re-building them and set up their government and economies (in some cases) then turning them free to grow and prosper, which they have. [Noted example is Japan and Germany, but not limited just there at least in effect.]
One example is a country that was never at war (at least open war) with or in the America (other than how you might score the French & Indian war in the Colonial Days). We came to the aid of France in both WWI and WWII. Though they were not “defeated” by the U.S. they were the beneficiary of U.S. assisted reconstruction. This aid was provided in 1918 for WWI and 1947 for WWII. If you take the amount supplied to only France (AS A LOAN) and bring that calculation forward to 2004 (the date I prepared this study) you will find that at an interest rate of 4% the amount that France would be indebted Read more