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lienated the minority Sunnis. It could be George W. Bush's because he started the whole thing off wit

is the current debacle in Iraq? It could be Noun al-Maliki's since he is the country's strongman and has alienated the minority Sunnis. It could be George W. Bush's because he started the whole thing off with possibly the stupidest war in history, the Children's Crusade exempted on account of youth. The one pers

tical. It's an old game. If Napoleon had had B-52s at Waterloo, things might have worked out differently. The left blames the disaster on President Bush and the American invasion of 2003 that shattered the Iraqi state and removed its murderous dictator, Saddam Hussein. If this had not happened, ther

out differently. The left blames the disaster on President Bush and the American invasion of 2003 that shattered

m behind," was justified by "R2P" — the "o_sponsibility protect" Libyans, especially in Benghazi, from the supposed threat of genocide inflicted by Moammar Gaddafi. This humanitarian imperialism quickly became an exercise in regime change. But the prolonged attempt to assassinate Gaddafi from the air made no p

upporters in the United States considered Saddam Hussein nearly the threat that Iran was. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon then warned President George W. Bush privately that he thought an attack on Iraq would be a mistake. After the Iraq vote, to prove its innocence, AIPAC organized a letter from 16 Jewis

force as it had before, possibly even with tactical nuclear weapons, but happily clearer heads prevailed even amidst the collapse. The George H.W. Bush administration, especially then-secretary of state James Baker, worked hard to negotiate a peaceful dissolution of the Soviet empire, and it found

nister Ariel Sharon then warned President George W. Bush privately that he thought an attack on Iraq

ble elements of the Syrian army to maintain order and prevent the kind of chaos that followed the fall of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and EFTA00678416 Moammar Gaddafi in Libya; and preventing the future use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in a desperate last stand. These issues are crucial, so they're wor

middle-class incomes were barely higher than they had been a decade before — and the poverty rate had actually risen. Like Ronald Reagan, President Bush began his term in office with big tax cuts for the rich and promises that the benefits would trickle down to the middle class. Like Reagan, he also

rty rate had actually risen. Like Ronald Reagan, President Bush began his term in office with big tax cuts for th

during the Reagan administration. What George H.W. Bush once called "voodoo economics" fast became t

at the President highlighted Romney's flip flops, including Romney's earlier stance on whether the U.S. should have pressed to oust Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi (Romney had called it "mission creep'). Robinson also noted that Romney's decision to agree with Obama on almost every major policy decision, from A

in general and toward the United States in particular, given its historical support for the Jewish state. EFTA00661494 In contrast to predecessor George W. Bush, Obama wanted to demonstrate to Arab governments that the United States would make demands of Israel in pursuit of a regional peace agreement. Isra

TA00661494 In contrast to predecessor George W. Bush, Obama wanted to demonstrate to Arab governments

EFTA00661494 In contrast to predecessor George W. Bush, Obama wanted to demonstrate to Arab governm

e East in his first year in office, with the rise of Islamist governments and the widening repercussions of civil revolt. After Obama helped topple Moammar Gaddafi<http://www.washingtonpost.corn/wp- dynkontent/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030905672.html> in Libya in 2011, many in the region wondered when he would e

ome from rising popular demand for policies of income redistribution. It is for this reason that the Republican Party is determined to protect the Bush tax cuts; to prevent tax hikes; to further cut domestic social spending; and, more broadly, to take a machete to the welfare state. Insofar as Repu

hen he should have also been organizing an air campaign. That's what did the job in Bosnia, Kosovo and even Libya, where the objective was to oust Moammar Gaddafi and head off a bloodbath. It worked. Just keeping Assad's airplanes on the ground would have shown the Syrian military that it was saluting the wro

imes The Syrian President I Know Op-ed by DAVID W. LESCH March 29, 2011 San Antonio, Tex. WHERE h

vor aggressive action by the United States to bring the violence in Syria before the UN Security Council or seek sanctions, as was done when Libya's Moammar Gaddafi began attacking his people last month. "I think it's premature," Kerry said. "You have to see what develops in the next hours. It could reach that