caseyjones38's Blog - Just a Good Ol` Boy

Good post Casey. Let's hope Americans are tired of this mindset.

This war is another set-up and I hope people are not sleep at the wheel.

So what exactly is wrong with the leader of one of the largest and definitely the strongest democracy in the World taking a strong stance in defense of a small, pro-American democratic ally that is being threatened & bullied by a much larger socialist country?

I know my` last comment will draw a lot of conservative flack, so I will rephrase it.
Why was a deaf ear turned to the rest of the world after the unwanton aggression In Iraq ?
Being the largest and the strongest does not mean you are always right.

"There was no “wanton aggression” in regards to Iraq on our part, we led a Coalition of the willing" (conservative definition of wanton aggression)

"to enforce a UN mandate".......Did the UN authorize the U.S. to enforce this ? I THINK NOT ! "Little Caesar" took it upon himself to do this. Things were going so bad internally in this country, that he had to have a diversion. Thus, the shameful attack on Iraq.

Casey, I notice you dodged a couple of questions that were asked of you in another blog, one authored by mommiegrandma…I wonder why that is?

It’s not surprising that you “blame America first” types try so hard to draw a comparison between our justified actions in Iraq, and Russia’s invasion of Georgia but the two situations are like night & day. We did, along with the 4 other countries that comprised the Coalition of the willing invade Iraq and depose their corrupt government, well in compliance with the UN mandate…disregard the fact that Saddam provoked us militarily by constantly shooting at our jetplanes, but Iraq defied the cease fire agreement that ended the hostilities known as “Desert Storm”, so we were fully justified in taking the action that we did which is why all lame discussions or even attempts of impeachment were fruitless and went nowhere.

How many other countries are helping Russia in their military of Georgia? Not a single one….Georgia is also a member of the United Nations (as is Iraq) but there were no UN mandates requiring compliance that were being ignored as with Iraq, nor was Georgia attempting to develop nuclear weapons or kicking IAEA inspectors out of their country like Iraq constantly was…to my knowledge, they have not tried to assassinate any former World Leaders either.

cont. - This has to do with the people living there wanting to choose their` own form of government. It`s called, FREEDOM !

Since you don’t wish to go to that previously mentioned blog and answer the questions that were posed to you, I’ll go ahead and ask mine here: are you supporting Senator McCain as our next President?

To quote you: “My` disdain for Bush stems from his shameless sending our` troops to fight and die when he found a way not to”

Using your criteria, I guess you have to be supporting Senator McCain in this election because anyone who thinks that our next President is not going to have to deploy our troops in combat somewhere within the next 4 years is living in a dream World, and we both know which of these candidates wears 17 military medals & ribbons, several of which are decorated with combat “V” for valor and which one has never worn a uniform of any kind, not even ROTC as a youngster in school…

So Casey, am I correct? Are you supporting McCain this time around or are you being a hypocrite yet again because if you claim that your disdain for President Bush stems from in your words, the fact that he “shamelessly sent our troops to fight and die when he found a way not to”, and if that’s true, then you must support McCain to succeed him because our next President will certainly be called upon to send our troops in harm’s way somewhere overseas and McCain willingly fought in Vietnam, while Obama never even considered serving in our Armed Forces even though he was of prime military age while Panama, Desert Storm & Somalia were all going on….

It`s the people in the break-away provinces that want their` freedom from Georgia. Georgia is trying to hold them by force. Thus, the conflict that has ensued there.

Proper military response to shooting at our` aircraft would be the taking out their` radar and anti-aircraft sites, which our` "smart bombs" could have done quite easily. No Iraqi aircraft ever rose to challenge us. Invasion and occupation took place to distract "Joe Public" from the deplorable situation that was going on at home. Personal and company profit from war also was a part of the motivation.

"Saddam was asking for it for years, and he finally got it"

He should have "got it" during Desert Storm when we had a valid reason to do so.

“I can`t support someone who doesn`t care if our troops never return home for 100 years, no matter how honorable his` own service record may appear. Sen. McCain`s dealings with Native Americans taught me that he was a "business-as-usual politician and is cut from the same cloth as George Bush, no matter how hard he may be trying to distance himself from him. There is not a candidate running that I trust entirely, but 4 more years of conservative policy our` country can`t stand. That leaves me with one choice, Obama.” - caseyjones38

You actually have two other choices, namely Ralph Nader or Bob Barr but I knew you were full of it in your explanation of what you have against President Bush…you don’t like him for a lot of reasons but you just can’t explain them so you throw out Democrat Party talking points when asked about it.

You’re a liberal….I’m not saying that’s a bad thing to be but that’s the main reason that you hate President Bush (because he’s a conservative who constantly defeats liberals, even when outnumbered) and that is why you support Senator Obama over Senator McCain. It’s a difference in ideology & beliefs but you tried to hide behind the flawed “military” excuse for not liking Bush and I knew that was BS from the start, which is why I painted you into a corner on the McCain issue because anyone who claims to respect military service and combat duty in a Commander in Chief could never support Obama over McCain in any way, shape or form.

You have other options as to exactly who to vote for, I’ve mentioned two of them and there are others as well but

"Anyone who claims to respect military service and combat duty in a Commander in Chief could never support Obama".
Not true. I know people who are in the military and have served in Iraq, who are for Obama.
Or, are you saying that a person can't run for President if they have never been in the military? Last time I checked, that wasn't a requirement.
Please clarify if I misunderstood you.