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• Monday, August 6, 2007 10:48 AM

  @ Tom 70

  You wrote: "I think it's quite possible that if Gore had become president, he would have invaded Iraq just as Bush did, not because he believed in it but because the Republican-led Congress (and the media) would have forced him to do it and he wouldn't want to appear weak."

  I honestly find that incredibly hard to believe. With respect, I couldn't disagree more. I don't think you are taking into consideration how much lying and spinning the Bush administration has done to get us into this. If you read Richard Clark's book "Against All Enemies," it explaines how Bush's own head of counter-terrorism, a man who worked under Clinton, Bush Senior, and Reagan, and a Republican, understood the morning of September 12, 2001 that Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11, and Bush's top cabinet leaders didn't care. They wanted to invade Iraq, they fixed eveidence, they lied about WMD's. They predicted we would be greeted as liberators. They predicted that Iraqi oil would pay for the war. Lie after lie after lie. If you think Al Gore would have done all those things out of being "pressured" by Congress, You have to first explaine why Congress would pressure him. Congress gave the authorization to invade Iraq based on the information Bush gave them. Bush pressured Congress. Congress didn't pressure Bush. I just don't understand how you can think Gore would ever consider attacking Iraq. We may have to just agree to disagree because I guess we can't prove it either way, but I still find it amazing that you even think it. (all due respect)

  You also wrote: "This Congress has the opportunity to show us that they really are different from Republicans, rather than just saying so. I'm still waiting."

  Have you ever heard the expression "No news is good news"? To me the best thing about this Congress is it doesn't rubberstamp everything Bush wants to do, which again, is why we are in Iraq.

  You have to judge a politician's performance not just by what they make happen, but also what they prevent from happening. It's much harder to give a President credit for the second item, because we can never really know what could've happened vs. what actually did. But I will tell you this, I sure as hell worry a lot less about Bush nuking Iran then I would be if Republicans still had control of Congress! Even if this Congress can't impeach Bush or force him out of Iraq, at least they are keeping him from making thing even worse.

  —E,PLURIBUS,UNUM Read E,PLURIBUS,UNUM's other letters
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