tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post114316350189076579..comments2023-12-27T09:00:42.844-08:00Comments on The Workday Liberal: The unhappy Britsbhfrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261648934732735275noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post-1143304903881954072006-03-25T08:41:00.000-08:002006-03-25T08:41:00.000-08:00This Britt is in general happy. Happy with Bush? N...This Britt is in general happy. Happy with Bush? No. The whole spying thing, spending us into obliveon, and poor management in Iraq really irritate. Then there's that promise of tax reform he let go by. Nice promise when you want Libertarians to vote for you instead of Kerry but, now....<BR/><BR/>As to the Brits across the pond the majority of the populace was opposed to the war from the start. They really do have liberally slanted media. Far worse than here. Fox recently made headway there but, that's not the powerhouse it is here. Blair somehow sideded with a close ally and only superpower in a war fought over terrorism and the free flow of oil. The UK sometimes bucks the system over there in Europe and maintains more independence. They could use our support and have a friendship with the superpower that Great Britain gave birth too. They are very European but, share cultural and economic ties with the US.<BR/><BR/>Disbanding the Iraqi army was a blunder. It was a big mistake yet still that. There was the logic about not arming your enemy if Saddam remained hidden and somehow the army didn't fully cooperate. This is not some unforgivable error on Bush's part.<BR/><BR/>Planning or lack thereof, that is a major "sin".<BR/><BR/>Opium??? That can't be true!!! We have a "war on drugs" to go along with the "war on terror". We even forego our constitional rights for these "wars" where the president has ultimate power and authority. Surely your mistaken here. *read that with sarcasm please* I really hope the Dems nail Bush with that one.<BR/><BR/>Point number 4? Intransigence? Oh, yeah. I forgot America is supposed to be arrogant because, we are the superpower run by a Republican and that's just not fair. "America first" & "Blame America First". Both perspectives are equally closed minded and dangerous. Europe and the UN can kiss my intransigent proud American white male behind. We already have King George, why do we need be subordinate to the UN or Brussels? The Kyoto Treaty is a freakin' joke! China gets away with everything in the Kyoto deal and really it's just a means for the UN to place income redistribution on the US. Rob from the greedy Americans and give it to the greedy Europeans. If the US was to go along with this act of self-mutilation, it would have been the Russians that would have reaped the rewards. After the US said no, the Russians were hesitant because then their cashcow would be gone. One way to lose a good chance at nabbing swing voters is to claim we should be lap dogs to Annan or Brussels. Europe can have their socialism. That's their business.<BR/><BR/>On the other side I understand the frustration on the Rolls Royce thing. The UK and Blair deserve something. We don't need to share all of our Tech secrets but, certainly some kind of compromise should have been offered.<BR/><BR/>Bush likely will not respond to criticism by Blair. If forced to, he'll likely say that he understands that Blair is under intense political pressure. That's **IF** much criticism comes about at all.<BR/><BR/>3rd parties? Still "pie in the sky" dreaming. Yet, I do long for greater influence by a party that respects the Constituiton. In my darkest fantasies I do dream of a world where one of the current parties "Whig" out and the Libertarians step up. Hey, a man can dream can't he?Britt Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986920803945707276noreply@blogger.com