Saddam declared in 1998 he would no longer recognize the Iraq no-fly zones. Since then Iraq has tried to shoot down planes patrolling the no-fly zones and we have bombed Iraq targets in retaliation.

Because of that, a state of war existed since 1998. Bush didn’t start the war, Bush finished it.

Posted by Dogsbd at November 2, 2004 07:40 AM

Okay, so why the tax cut? Would a massive tax cut have been called for in 1942?

Different enemy, different war. If we had already invaded Iran and Syria your analogy might have merit.

The terror schools we MUST close are in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt. Right now, jihad against Israel, jihad against America is being preached in mosques throughout Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan and Egypt.

Remember, Guadalcanal was followed on by Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Actually, that strategy might work, but Bush doesn’t have the balls to invade the rest of the Islamic countries, or destroy oil prodiction for a generation. Nor would America go along.

But those places is where the queen wasps of al Qaeda live. Not in Iraq.

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To invade and occupy Iraq and not close the terror schools in Syria, Iran, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia is like giving steroids to a TB patient. It inflames the disease rather than fighting it.

And bin Laden knows he has out-foxed Bush. And is damn smug about it.

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Okay, no more non-space politics here. But the topic, why there are boigger reasons not to vote Bush, is on point.

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No matter what happens today, peace to every reader of this web-site.

The initial studies for exploration architectures, the CEV, and human robotics and technologies are in effect now. The contractors are funded and studying. That could change in the future (and almost certainly will if Senator Kerry becomes president), but for now, things are funded and moving forward per the president’s plans.

I guess when the Marines landed on Guadalcanal that was just “inflaming the Japs” huh?

The elderly mother-in-law of friend of mine was in the hospital. Doctors thought she had asthma so they gave her steroids to fight the asthma.

Turns out she actually had a flare up of tuberculosis encapsulated since childhood and the steroids were like throwing gasoline on a smoldering match. The TB flared out of control and killed her very quickly.

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If Juan Cole is correct (see link above) and he is a professor who has spent his life studying Islam, then the Bush strategy for the war on terror is rather like giving steroids to a TB patient. This is why that bastard OBL can appear so smug on video.

Bush is inflaming terrorism, not fighting it.

In comparison, space policy is trivial.

Posted by Mark R. Whittington at November 1, 2004 07:47 AM