I wonder what Hillary thinks about this:

Thanks to Loral and Clinton...

Loral, Clinton's largest contributor ...

The connection

Loral IS China

"Not nine months into the new administration of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, official policy on whether and how to export satellite technology to China – where it can be readily deployed in nuclear warheads atop intercontinental ballistic missiles targeted at American cities – is on the fast track right back where it was during the administration of President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore."

Bush Reverts to Satellites for China

Are you criticizing Bush for not cleaning up Clinton's mess?

"...right back where it was during the administration of President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore."

If so, we are in complete agreement on this issue.

Kind of a strange critisism though isn't it? ("Ounce of prevention and pound of cure" and all that.) That's the "but, but, but Bush did it too" defense that bas loves to acuse people of making.

Are you saying that anything I said Clinton did to CREATE this problem was incorrect?

Honesty Check:

Can we agree that the same is true of North Korea and Iran, that we are cleaning up messes that have thus far gone unresolved (although the Iranian problem can be traced much further back than just Clinton)?

Who coined the term “the axis of evil”?

Who brought these major problems to the attention of the American people?

Which party is working to undermine our military actions in Iraq (the first of three badly needed major interventions against "axis of evil" member states in the world wide war on terrorism and the dictatorships that foster them)?

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The New Kids

Democrats on Terrorism

You keep putting words in my mouth. I guess it’s easier to argue with stuff I didn’t say but it was you who presented this as such a big scandal. You asked: “Are you criticizing Bush for not cleaning up Clinton's mess?” No I am not. I’m asking: If it was such a horror, then why did Bush and Cheney join in?

I agree that Clinton started it. But I seriously doubt it will hurt Hillary, particularly when she says, “Oh, you mean that program that Bush and Cheney continued?”

We might agree on this too: There are better reasons not to nominate or elect Hillary.

We can also agree about the North Korea/Iran messes (by the way did you see my last post about the link)

The Korean mess can easily be traced back to the unsuccessful resolution of the Korean War. My uncle Billy fought there and, from the stories, was happy to leave regardless of the circumstances.

The modern Iranian problem can be traced back to the overthrow of Mosadegh after he nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The Brits were furious but couldn’t convince Truman to help so when Eisenhower came in, the CIA joined with British intelligence and masterminded a coup and overthrew Mosadegh and installed the Shah in a covert operation now known as Operation Ajax.

The term “axis-of-evil” was coined by David Frum, one of President Bush’s speech writers. Is this not right, was it earlier?

“Who brought these major problems to the attention of the American people?” I’m not sure if this is a trick question. I’m assuming the correct answer is: President Bush. However it could be: President Bush and nobody had ever noticed that Iraq, Iran and North Korea were problems until he said so.

“Which party is working to undermine our military actions in Iraq?” That would be the Ba’ath Party and the al-Dawa Party.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend! Between us, we will cover the political spectrum celebrating Memorial Day.