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> solves nothing Sometimes, the best solution for bad behavior is making it have consequences. > promise before elections By that logic, Bush and Rice met th
by hindsightbias 13y ago
> solves nothing
Sometimes, the best solution for bad behavior is making it have consequences.
> promise before elections
By that logic, Bush and Rice met their promises. They didn't say they wouldn't invade anyone, they said they wouldn't do nation building.
- NotOscarWilde 13y ago> Sometimes, the best solution for bad behavior is making it have consequences. You do realize this opinion aims to punish somebody because people can't touch her using the judicial system, right?
- hindsightbias 13y agoWe have to use the tools available to us, and the only one is the court of public opinion.
- mbillie1 13y ago> By that logic, Bush and Rice met their promises. They didn't say they wouldn't invade anyone, they said they wouldn't do nation building. I think NotOscarWilde is making a more general point about American politics here. There were many things Bush (and every other president in my lifetime) promised and failed to deliver on: lowering the debt, funding Pell grants, etc.
- splat 13y agoBush actually campaigned on a "humble foreign policy" in the 2000 election. [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_presidential_campaign,_2000#Platform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_presidential_cam...