Re: 17-May-10 News -- Markets open Monday amid high tension
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 2:33 am
JOHN:
Are you kidding? This has everything to do with ideology. Presumably you're saying that because Gore and Bush were both baby boomers, they would have reacted the same way to the same crisis. But that totally ignores their character and personal ideologies. JR listed many of the reasons that Bush was drawn to war--reasons that would not have been present if Gore was president. Moreover, remember what Bush said? Something like, "I'm gonna git Saddem, He tried to kill my Daddy." That was no joke, there was some deep psychological meaning to that for him. He was going to finish the job he felt his Daddy didn't do well enough. If you saw the movie W, it's pretty clear that George W. had a real problem living up to his father's expectations, and he wanted to make his mark in the world. The problem you have is that you are so taken with GD that you fail to understand that sometimes other dynamics matter, like character, personal motivations, and personal ideology. Like many theorists you've become so enamored with your theory, you think you've discovered a Holy Grail that explains everything. Open your mind to some of the criticism.I've also said, over and over and over, that if Al Gore had been
President after 9/11, then we would have had exactly the same war in
Iraq. This has nothing to do with ideology.