Originally posted by BP:
not really trying to defend him (he screwed up too) as much as pointing out that this brand of summary judgment by you and others is interestingly ironic.



How? Like I said, bad intel didn't cause Katrina, nor did Mother Nature fool around with the UN for over a decade. Others in this post can easily put two and two together and figure out that the situations are COMPLETELY different; why can't you?

I'm not bringing up Clinton's abysmal handling of the Branch-Dividian compound in Waco, TX. Why? Because it has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Nagin and his ineptitude.

Originally posted by BP:
mostly because there's a larger disaster than nola and the gulf going on in iraq and you guys aren't calling for the dragging out and hanging of bush. what's up with that?

Because Bush isn't utterly alone in thinking at the time that Iraq constituted a clear threat; 3/4 of the US population did, the House, Congresss (Dems and Repubs) and damn-well over 60 countries did.

A lack of action didn't cause the current quagmire in Iraq; action based on faulty intel and the selective use of it did.

Originally posted by BP:
admittedly a tangent, but never the less an opportunity to point out the hypocritical (to me) nature of your rant compared to the fubar situation in iraq and lack of even criticism levied against politicians when they're screwing up. that's all.



I understand completely; I once used to do my damndest to change the subject and play the "moving target" game when I totally sucked wind in creating a well-thought argument in high-school debate, but I grew up and found that confronting the issues head-on gets more done, cuts through the BS and wastes less time.

I know a dodge when I see one, artful or otherwise...

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