Is this politics or art? (POLITICS, READ AT OWN RISK) - Beyond Tiki

T TheMuggler Tiki Socialite Brooklyn, NY Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 293	T TheMuggler Posted posted on Wed, Feb 26, 2003 3:09 PM On 2003-02-26 14:13, emspace wrote: A brief perspective from North of the border... emspace, You do point out a very interesting irony. Strangely enough, it was the conservatives, many now clamoring for war, who wanted us to stay out of Bosnia, and a Democrat president and Congress who sent us in. I think what the issue boils down to is commercial interests. The US had no interests in Bosnia (thousands of innocents being unjustly raped, tortured, and killed is not a commercial interest), and therefore conservatives didn't want to use military force to relieve the atrocities being committed there. "The US is not the world's police force" was the conservative rallying cry. Iraq, on the other hand, is oil rich and therefore loaded with commercial interests. Ergo, conservatives want to protect these interests whereas liberals would rather seek a different solution (i.e. ban SUV's, raise CAFE limits on gas consumption, etc. to remove our dependency on foreign oil). And let's not forget about the countless party-liners, who will support anything their political party wants without thinking about it first. These are the people who tend to spew the most rhetoric on both sides of the fight. -Mike

On 2003-02-26 14:13, emspace wrote:
A brief perspective from North of the border...

emspace,

You do point out a very interesting irony. Strangely enough, it was the conservatives, many now clamoring for war, who wanted us to stay out of Bosnia, and a Democrat president and Congress who sent us in.

I think what the issue boils down to is commercial interests. The US had no interests in Bosnia (thousands of innocents being unjustly raped, tortured, and killed is not a commercial interest), and therefore conservatives didn't want to use military force to relieve the atrocities being committed there. "The US is not the world's police force" was the conservative rallying cry.

Iraq, on the other hand, is oil rich and therefore loaded with commercial interests. Ergo, conservatives want to protect these interests whereas liberals would rather seek a different solution (i.e. ban SUV's, raise CAFE limits on gas consumption, etc. to remove our dependency on foreign oil).

And let's not forget about the countless party-liners, who will support anything their political party wants without thinking about it first. These are the people who tend to spew the most rhetoric on both sides of the fight.

-Mike

Post #24516 by TheMuggler on Wed, Feb 26, 2003 3:09 PM