[Leaky Eye]

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obviously i don't agree with all of it, but certainly many americans, myself included, believe that the Bush administration (or American politicians generally over the last 60 years) is purposefully creating an environment of fear.

I know I'm not the only one who thinks the "war on terror" is mostly a huge, though politically useful, distraction from issues that have an infinitely greater impact on the day to day life of the average American.

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Whatever you think about our administration, you are quoting a true asshat. Half of your quote is just him trying to justify an Iranian nuke. Something that would be a lot less troubling if someone like him weren't in charge there.

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I think he is an asshat, but who gives a [censored], asshats can be right.

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If you want to advance your agenda you don't use murderous lunatic leaders in your "for" arguments. It makes reasonable people question your judgement. This all reminds me of leftists using Stalin and Mao to help criticize the US Government. Woops! Turns out they are mass murderers.

This is the same reason I don't use George Bush or Dick Cheney as examples to support a point even if I happened to agree with some random thing they said. This isn't science where the person speaking shouldn't matter. It's politics, and it matters who they are.