Reply #16: that gives us a place to begin

[alfredo]

yeah, you like the idea of getting the oil for us, but there are more ways of getting it than through war. Remember, "live by the sword, die by the sword." Clinton was also working to gain control of the oil, but he went about it in a different way, with diplomacy. A well reasoned argument is a lot cheaper than a cruise missile. He would rather cut a good business deal than have our kids come home in a body bag. Sure it would have cost money to buy the oil from the Arab nations, but in the long run it would have been cheaper for us tax payers than war without end.


Some of the people mentioned in the first post also believe that Bush is helping bring on the return of Christ by killing the enemies of Israel. Rational arguments will not work with them.

One commentator said that Reagan made us comfortable with our prejudices. Maybe that is what Bush is doing.