mom4 said:
Is it me or has every military action since Vietnam been labeled a "quagmire"? Or is it only military actions initiated by conservative administrations?
It's not you..... the "Q" word seems to have a long history
Bush I faced very stiff opposition from Congress before invading Kuwait (the opposition of course, was headed up by our favorite drunk - Ted Kennedy). I remember the prediction of tens of thousands dying and yes, they used the "Q" word.
And of course Bush II as you already know got his share of criticism with the use of the "Q" word as well......
Of course, no one ever compared Kosovo or Bosnia to the "Q" word, because of course, that paragon of virtue, the poster child for Viagra, the man who redefined the meaning of "is", our ol' pal Bill Clinton waged it. Nevermind that we've been there for over a decade.....
Of course, if you really want to use the "Q" word to compare something to a hopeless cause, just look at some of the liberal social programs and you get a sinking feeling just like you were in the middle of a quagmire....
1. "The war on poverty" begun in the early Johnson Administration did not significantly change the poverty rate in America even after 4 decades and 5 trillion dollars. Of course, they'll tell you that they would have had poverty licked by now if it wasn't for all those Reagan and Bush tax cuts and the fact that there are Republicans in Congress.
2. Liberal foreign policy which ranged from detente to the 1994 agreed framework with the North Koreans did not overthrow a single dictatorship nor save a single life. Of course, it doesn't help when Senators and former presidents cozy up to bearded, cigar chomping thugs whose wardrobe consist of military fatigues.
3. Liberalized education which stresses self esteem over traditional methods of educating our young has produced a generation of people who don't know how to write, read, solve simple Math problems, don't know who George Washington was and can't find the United States on a map of the world. Of course, it's not because of the Teacher's Unions (which practically own the Democratic Party and oppose anything that remotely resembles reform)... it's because of the mean spirited conservatives who want school vouchers and accountability in the education system.
4. Liberal antagonism against capitalism and the free market has helped to chase jobs and businesses overseas so that now, the Communist Chinese are acquiring an industrial infrastructure with American investment that they will eventually nationalize and use against us in time of war. Of course, the real threat comes from those greedy CEOs and corporations that are scheming with Bush, Cheney and Karl Rove to turn the country over to Haliburton and flood the world with Iraqi oil.
5. Liberal values that go against traditional Western moral virtues of chastity, frugality, hard work have helped to produce an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases amongst the young, teen pregnancy, out of wedlock births, divorce and abortion.... No, those were really caused by the fact that people have low self esteem and that we need more touchy feely social programs that help kids feel good about themselves even though they're a dumb as a brick.Anyway, we have to stop a few desperate women from using coat hangers to give themselves abortions, so we wiped out 40 million babies over the past three decades instead.
Need I go on? I think I've proven my point..... when a liberal uses the "Q" word.... they are well acquainted with getting stuck in the muck and mire... after all they are well practiced at it..... you can always count on liberals to screw up .... they not only couldn't figure their way out of a paper bag, they also could screw up a one car funeral.....
Yes, sir, a liberal never met a quagmire he/she didn't like. Why if liberals weren't so busy pointing out all the quagmires that the conservatives and the Republicans are foisting on the rest of us, they'd probably notice that they're up to their necks in quick sand.
I was in jr. high when Nixon was elected. I didn't 'like' him, though my mother thought he was 'the neatest thing since sliced bread.' Funny coming from someone that had 'love' JFK when I was in kindergarten! :shocked:
