Originally posted by kestra
IDid you know that Bush was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize?
Can you really see him along side Mandela, Mother Theresa, and Martin Luther King? Ridiculous.
If he has been it should tell you something. The greatest scientific minds in the world see what he has done and recognize it as something worthy of the prestige of being nominated.


Also, guess what. Shit doesn't get fixed by throwing tax dollars to a committee. It gets changed by people going places, kicking ass and making shit work.

We were hit. And we were hit hard. We responded quickly and with overwhelming force. It was EXACTLY what every red-blooded American wanted. We wanted people punished or their attack on us. But what it did was set into motion the gears of change. It opened up to us the possibility of going to war against terrorism. not Al-Queda. While they are stil a large threat they aren't the only threat. But rather than sit back and let others try and blow us up. Instill fear in us. Make us submit to their fanatical will we instead opted to say "Fuck you. we're number one cuz we can be. We're number one cuz we earned it by defeating EVERYTHING we thought was wrong in our lives and you will not be the last thing we fight against."

Quite frankly, the war in Iraq started out as a war against terrorism. But the terrorists who were in power were knocked down. Now, it's a war to rebuild their country with a solid foundation of democracy. That takes years and the first steps are always gonna be brought about through acts of violence. That's just the way of the world. People will only listen to power.

Do you honestly believe that if we said "Oh, Saddam, that's mean. You should hand out daisies instead of body bags!" that he would listen?

That's almost as ridiculous as the mythical "Stress Card".