What Would Bush Do
If he was president still. With the 2 things going on in Israel and Russia.
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Speeches.
Golf.
Sanctions.
Fundraisers.
Politician stuff.
Edit - "Sanctions.", That's the one he forgot to do when it was his turn.0 -
Accidentally bomb the Russian embassy in Iraq of Afghanistan if there is one.
I remember the Chinese embassy was accidentally bombed after they caused our spy plane flying off their coast to crash.
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Oops, my facts are backwards. The embassy was bombed first0 -
Ukraine + Russia + Malaysia
Why should we stick our nose and tax dollars into it? Let the Malaysian government spend a little of their money and do something. The drugs gangs in Central America are a bigger threat to the US than Russia.
Israel? Screw Israel. They've wanted a war for years. They got one only not with Iran like they wanted. So let them have at it. Again our tax dollars should not be spent defending them when they are the ones that keep kicking the bee hive.0 -
quote:Originally posted by ChrisInTempe
Speeches.
Golf.
Sanctions.
Fundraisers.
Politician stuff.
Better than the a**hat you voted for!0 -
Sign a few more xos that rescind our freedoms. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
Sign a few more xos that rescind our freedoms.
Yep.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Stoopdyman2035
quote:Originally posted by ChrisInTempe
Speeches.
Golf.
Sanctions.
Fundraisers.
Politician stuff.
Better than the a**hat you voted for!
You haven't a clue which asshat I voted for you moron. I'll give you one hint though, only one hint. It was a completely different asshat than who you think it was.0 -
Stay classy y'all 0 -
Middle East: He'd fully support our ALLIES and condemn the terrorists operating out of Gaza. Granted, that support would consist of just words and perhaps some military gear, but he'd support them.
Russia and the Ukraine: he would have cut off the accounts of Russia a lot sooner than Obama did, and condemn the action... but as he also wouldn't want to get into a war with Russia or even piss them off too much, he'd not really do much.0 -
What makes the difference? The old boy just got his knee fixed, so he would probably go clear some brush or ride his mountain bike. Or maybe he would start drinking again, slap Laura around a bit and get a PFA for his actions. It could happen 0 -
Well he certainly wouldn't have their American Express and Visa cards canceled/suspended like Obama did a month or so back to some high Ruskie officials [;)].......what a joke he is on foreign policy [:(!].....and everything else. 0 -
Nothing 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jltrent
Nothing
True, which is what he did about Georgia when the Russians got nasty there. Nothing of any good effect, a few things for political showmanship:
- Bush sent humanitarian aid.
- Bush had a Georgian brigade flown home from Afghanistan. The Russians promptly beat the crap out of them, hopelessly outclassed.
- Bush sent a warship to deliver humanitarian aid via the Black Sea. But waited until ten days after the fighting stopped.
These are Politicians, not Leaders. A Leader would find an imaginative way to actually help, to change the course of events. A Leader would have the capacity within to at least try. Such people are rare and we've had none at hand for a long, long time.
We had no good options over Georgia and none over Ukraine or Crimea. You do not go to the border of Russia thinking you can bluff them militarily. You cannot succeed at this and everyone knows it. The Russians are perfectly aware that no European or American is willing to die for a former Soviet border state.
Even if we were willing, we wouldn't be talking about sending our forces to some third world crap pile to fight a proxy war. We'd be talking about fighting the Russians on their own home turf. Complete with all the reinforcement, short supply lines, massed armor and air power the Russians could muster on that home turf. If the Russians thought we were building forces to do that, they'd attack long before we had enough in place to matter.
All there is that the West is willing and able to do amounts to sanctions. That's all these Politicians have in their bag of tricks. Doesn't much matter who's in office.
Lacking a Leader of great skill, even brilliance, the game book is extremely limiting.0 -
Say what you want about Bush, but at least he grasped the gravity of his office. His presidency wasn't a full-time photo-op and attending GOP fundraisers.
I expect he would be planning at least a national address at this point to quell the fears of Americans and her allies looking for leadership.
Obama can't work it up because he doesn't want to p!$$ anyone off, mostly the progressive machine driving the agenda.0 -
Huge difference between a real president and a "COYOTE IN CHIEF" 0 -
So many "Bush haters" here! Kinda sad, actually. He is looking better and better as each year passes....kinda like Harry Truman and his legacy. Who knows what he would have done...but I don't think he would have been doing a fundraiser or going golfin' when the crisis (es) were happening. I would like to think that he would tell the country that we are going to help folks who ask for our material help (with something more than MRE's) and rally the cause against tyranny....Russian style. But you either have a backbone or you don't and both Bush presidents have one and the one we got now just kinda struts and acts cocky but not much in the backbone dept IMO. 0 -
Which Lier Are You Gonna Believe ....... 
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quote:Originally posted by dav1965
If he was president still. With the 2 things going on in Israel and Russia.
I'd rather see what would happen if Regan was still in office. The Ruskies were afraid of that old man they thought he was crazy and would nuke them!0 -
Chris in Tempe- There's hope for you- before the end of the year that part of Arizona will have enough illegals in it that they can follow the Russian-Ukraine policy and declare their independence from the US, becoming part of Mexico.[:)] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Ray B
Chris in Tempe- There's hope for you- before the end of the year that part of Arizona will have enough illegals in it that they can follow the Russian-Ukraine policy and declare their independence from the US, becoming part of Mexico.[:)]
A kind thought surely ...
Had we done what I've been talking about since Reagan's day we'd have placed and constantly increased Federal troops on the Border until we'd starved the Mexican Organized Crime Families of cash. That would have solved far more than just the illegals problem, which is a small symptom of the bigger security issue.
But no, the anti-illegal alien side wouldn't allow Border Security to be the main issue. They handed the pro-Open Borders side a perfect opportunity to win. All it took was putting a sympathetic human face on the illegals. That was easy, real easy.
We had an issue we could win on, and our "Leaders" picked the one angle they could lose on. Naturally, our leaders claim the other side cheated.
Funny how losers never take responsibility for their loss.0 -
What would Bush do?
The poor economy, unemployment, myriad of negative world events and malaise from Israel to a crashed airliner in Ukraine are a direct result of the past Bush presidency.
If you do not believe me ask Obama or any of his sycophantic propagandists in the media.
BHO does not even have to lie anymore: The media will lie for him.0 -
quote:Originally posted by chiefr
What would Bush do?
The poor economy, unemployment, myriad of negative world events and malaise from Israel to a crashed airliner in Ukraine are a direct result of the past Bush presidency.
If you do not believe me ask Obama or any of his sycophantic propagandists in the media.
BHO does not even have to lie anymore: The media will lie for him.
Well, partly right. I mean there's pieces of "Right" in there anyway.
The situation today is the fault of everyone who came before, in a leadership role that is, and everyone in a leadership role today. That's how life works. We build on or recover from the good and bad of the past, mixing in the good and bad we come up with today.
Yes, Obama holds his share of the responsibility. As do the Bush's, Clinton, Carter and the various dead guys no longer around to answer.
Come the next asshat, we'll have someone new to pick up old blame and start on his own personal portfolio of new blame.
That's life in the big overstuffed office chair.0 -
he'd consult with Cheney and Wolfy, and and then invade Norway!!! 0 -
When Russia invaded Georgia, Bush did nothing, despite the fact that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was a five-star stooge who'd even sent troops to Iraq. GW did nothing for Georgia, which was our out and out puppet, so he'd surely do nothing for Ukraine. 0 -
Whatever Dick Cheney says 0 -
Whatever Dick Cheney says 0 -
Nothing, if he were in office this would not have happened. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by JnRockwall
Nothing, if he were in office this would not have happened.
Sooo... it didn't happen in Georgia either then eh?0 -
quote:Originally posted by ChrisInTempe
quote:Originally posted by JnRockwall
Nothing, if he were in office this would not have happened.
Sooo... it didn't happen in Georgia either then eh?
Comparing apples to oranges. Georgia is not the Ukraine...by a long shot. But who would know what he would do...but what you can't deny is they guy had backbone and was not afraid to act which most of you guys criticize him for doing. He was proactive and led from the front, not from behind. One on hand he is criticized for doing too much...and now he is criticized here by some for doing too little. One thing is for sure....he would not been at fundraisers, golfin' or standing on a bridge in DE or eating a burger at the Charcoal Pit in Wilmington holding babies and chatting it up in the "community" about being surrounded by better looking Biden's.0 -
The Chinese embassy was accidentally bombed after China got caught stealing all of our nuclear secrets, the whole Wen Ho Lee affair.
quote:Originally posted by legear
Accidentally bomb the Russian embassy in Iraq of Afghanistan if there is one.
I remember the Chinese embassy was accidentally bombed after they caused our spy plane flying off their coast to crash.
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Oops, my facts are backwards. The embassy was bombed first0
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