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Originally posted by highlander
Pearl Harbor was over an oil sanction? Um no, the Japanese knew we were their only real threat in the Pacific and war with us was imminent, so they hoped their strike would cripple the US Navy enough to the point where we could not make war with them effectively.
There are lots of liars on both sides of Congress, but saying Bush has covert lies is retarded. Nice speculation. Hey, I bet Dick Cheney secretly has 10 black muslim gay lovers all named Ace. See my point?
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A. Perhaps I should've been more clear on this. Yes, Japan was harboring ill will towards us before Pearl Harbor BUT our oil sanctions are what pushed them over the edge. We sat on our thumbs and pretended that the war in the rest of the world didn't involve us until Pearl Harbor. So in retrospect perhaps I should've clarified myself.
B. Yes, there are liars on both sides of the bench...that's how politics works. If everyone told the truth this country would be in anarchy. But since Bush and (sort of) Cheney are in power, the scrutiny is on them. Yes, Bush lies. For all I know Cheney may indeed have 10 black muslim gay lovers all named Ace...that would explain why he's too busy to show his heart-attack ridden face...he's too busy in the middle of a daisy chain to come out and make a statement. Does it really matter? They lie and that's the point. It's just that Bush has a duty as the leader of the largest free nation in the world to present information that at least LOOKS credible. Not grainy satellite photos of what might be WMDs or possibly Two Guys & A Van moving trucks. They've got the most sophisticated tracking equipment in the world and they can't tell me if a truck is carrying VX nerve gas or Ahmed's furniture? Sorry...that doesn't fly with me. The only thing that's kept Bush in office is 9/11 and honestly, with all of his speech writers and advisors, I don't think anyone else would've done it differently. Plus I appreciate when presidents can pronounce simple words like "nuclear" and not have them come out as "nucular" (sorry...I lived in Texas for the first 10 years of my life and I didn't come out talking like a f@cking moron). I also don't like presidents who invent new forms of government such as "Hitlerism" (yes, that was in his state of the union address). Last I checked Hitler was a Nazi (short for the German word for nationalist which is what our country has become...not Nazis but nationalists) and there is no recognized form of government known as "hitlerism". Damn what a moron. he needs to let other write his speeches cuz his off-the-cuff crap is totally assinine.