bush and his policy people were so ignorant of the world they really thought they could win quick in iraq and make money from the oil through us companies. thats' the danger of leadership who have almost no idea whats going on in the world, not to mention voters who have little idea. i remember the news conference when rumsfeld was asked about hwy the british got bogged down for 47 years in iraq and why would america do any better and he dismissed those facts as not true and moved on.

the british dod try to set up a kingdom with constitutional checks and regional rights but it fell apart to the bathists very quickly after they pulled out.

the us also uver threw the modzadegd democratically elected government of iran amd woder why the iranians hate the us. the post war irianian government was following the turkish moderenization model, all dectroyed, resulting in decades of the shah's torture state supported by the us and then an equally hated full revolution to get rid of the shah.

you have to have some understanding of these countries to invade and hope to bring about a good result. and if you have no such understanding you should stay home. not to mention the expenses.

i start here to point out why i'd never have anything to do with the republicans and the tea party corporate totalitarians(funded by the kock billionaires).

but my revulsion foes back to the suport of rios mont in guatemala who massacred over two hundred thousand mayans peasants, becasue they were "communists". a genocidal war crime if there ever was one.
pat robertson was key in the support for mont, and i note recently wants chavez assinated. how anyone listens to these raving nuts amazes mebut listen they do. they listen because of ignorance. the media that used to try to inform has become lock step with the corporate adgenda. i miss tass and pravda. they had crazy interpretations of things but they felt compelled to reporttt facts, not modern american media.

anyway if you don't mind genocide in gautemala why not in iraq!all apid for by republican deficits. note the dems did try to balance the budget under carter and clinton, but republican congress began spending the projested surplusses before they occured.

most american seem unaware that they beenfit by roughly a twenty per cent a year bump in the gdp by being the currency of world trade, ifthey keep going into debt theyn will not only lose that but piss off all the people holding the devaluating us bonds.

some awareness of the massive and unnecessary civilian deaths in iraq and the genocidal activities in central america would be nice but i no longer thank a moral and ethical person could vote republican except from pure ignorance