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RandySF

(57,636 posts)
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 02:03 AM Dec 2012

Yes, George HW sent us to war, but he also....

Signed the Americans With Disabilities Act, signed the Clean Air Act, broke his pledge and raised taxes on the rich and, and was the only Southern Republican in the House to vote for the Civil Rights Act.

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Yes, George HW sent us to war, but he also.... (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2012 OP
More than Raygun he was responsible for burrowowl Dec 2012 #1
No, no, no... a la izquierda Dec 2012 #7
Went to war as part of an international coalition authorised by the UN... Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #2
"They didn't finish the job in Iraq." moondust Dec 2012 #4
He was the power behind Reagan and did so many bad things. Yes, it isn't black/white but shades of uppityperson Dec 2012 #3
Central American death squads JCMach1 Dec 2012 #5
Yep. a la izquierda Dec 2012 #8
he also sired that fuckhead who stole two presidential elections and orleans Dec 2012 #6

burrowowl

(17,606 posts)
1. More than Raygun he was responsible for
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 02:05 AM
Dec 2012

Iran-Contra the killed 200,000 to 250,000 Guatemalan Indians, we could go on!

a la izquierda

(11,784 posts)
7. No, no, no...
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 08:23 AM
Dec 2012

Listen, I'm all for slamming GHWB for his despicable Latin America actions. But Iran-Contra was Nicaragua, not Guatemala. Contras were counter revolutionaries, becuase the revolutionaries won in Nicaragua.
Guatemala, in 1986 (the year of the scandal), was starting to wind down- not done by any stretch, but calming down some.

Now, Reagan and GHWB were buddy-buddy with the Guatemalan military government, especially Efraín Ríos Montt...but Iran-Contra was a separate matter.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
2. Went to war as part of an international coalition authorised by the UN...
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 02:12 AM
Dec 2012

following the Iraqi invasion of a sovereign state which was condemned by not just the US but the UK, France, China and the Soviet Union in a unanimous Security Council resolution. The first Gulf War was legitimate and waged for good reason (unlike the 2003 Iraq War).

moondust

(19,917 posts)
4. "They didn't finish the job in Iraq."
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 03:48 AM
Dec 2012

I heard that for years afterward. Some people blamed GHWB for not ordering troops on into Baghdad to get Saddam as long as they were there. Of course that wasn't part of the coalition mandate but the hard-liners didn't care about no damn mandate! I suspected "finishing the job" was part of the reason GWB/Cheney wanted to invade Iraq in 2003; it had been eating at them for more than a decade.

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
3. He was the power behind Reagan and did so many bad things. Yes, it isn't black/white but shades of
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 02:16 AM
Dec 2012

grey and he is on the dark side.

orleans

(33,987 posts)
6. he also sired that fuckhead who stole two presidential elections and
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 06:38 AM
Dec 2012

well, we all know what happened then

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