When American ships joined the British in sinking the German Destroyer "Graf Spree" in 1940, might that have been considered provocation?
We had been clandestinely at war for years prior to Pearl Harbor. American pilots and planes under British command, sea battles in the Atlantic, the USA was up to it's eyeballs in the conflict.
It is amazing when the cost of Iraq comes up no-one remembers that we closed bases in Saudi, Kuwait and much of what the U.N. was getting was cut
LOL. Bin Laden stated that when he attacked the US he had three things in mind. To get the US out of Saudi Arabia, to bankrupt the US as he claimed to have done to the USSR, and to show the world how depraved the US truly is.
So Bush closed the bases in Saudi Arabia. #1
Then there was the little matter of Abu Ghariub. #3
And, although #2 is not quite a reality, it is still a damned close thing, and may yet happen.
Oh yes, those of us that have reasonably good memories remember a lot of things that happened during the tenure of the most incompetant administration this nation has ever endured.
It amazes me that the left claims "the most incompetant administration this nation has ever endured.[/QUOTE]"
really?
So what is this grand path we are headed down now?
And without the GOP running congress from 94-06 (except for 01-02) where would we be?
You can almost pick out the day the Dems took over the senate in 01 and the day they took over the congress in 07
Job Creation
1994...... 114,291 95,016 22,774 659 5,095 17,020
1995...... 117,298 97,865 23,156 641 5,274 17,241
1996...... 119,708 100,169 23,409 637 5,536 17,237
1997...... 122,776 103,113 23,886 654 5,813 17,419
1998...... 125,930 106,021 24,354 645 6,149 17,560
1999...... 128,993 108,686 24,465 598 6,545 17,322
2000...... 131,785 110,995 24,649 599 6,787 17,263
2001...... 131,826 110,708 23,873 606 6,826 16,441
2002...... 130,341 108,828 22,557 583 6,716 15,259
2003...... 129,999 108,416 21,816 572 6,735 14,510
2004...... 131,435 109,814 21,882 591 6,976 14,315
2005...... 133,703 111,899 22,190 628 7,336 14,226
2006...... 136,086 114,113 22,531 684 7,691 14,155
2007...... 137,598 115,380 22,233 724 7,630 13,879
2008...... 136,790 114,281 21,334 767 7,162 13,406
2009...... 130,807 108,252 18,557 694 6,016 11,847
2010...... 129,818 107,337 17,755 705 5,526 11,524