Who will be the next President of the United States?

dean_acheson · 01-25-08, 05:12 PM

Actually, Reagan was HUGELY unpopular in Europe.

Go back and look Der Spegiel or such for the protest over the IRBM deployments in the early 80s, that and the freeze movement.

I think much of the view of Reagan has changed over time.

As for Bush 41, hell, it's hard not to not like him. He was/is a war hero and, I think, a genuinely nice fellow.

Bush 43 is hardly disliked for many reasons. I personally am not a big fan of certain decisions, mainly his inability to resist government largess, but his middle eastern policies that have proved so unpopular in Europe, are not as unpopular here.

There is still a large chunk of folks who remember that certain things happened on 9/11 and it was hoped/believed that the destruction of Al Queada and the creation of function republican govenment in that part of the world (besides Isreal) might create a degree of stability that would preclude the spread of terror engendered by the the fundamentalist governments.

Now you can disagree with that, but that was the basis of US policy in the region.

If Iraq ends as a stable, moderate, republican government, it was worth the blood, treasure, and time. It will mean that SOMETHING positive came out of 9/11.

View Poll Results: Who will be the next President of the United States?
Joe Biden	1	1.30%
Hillary Clinton	25	32.47%
John Edwards	3	3.90%
Rudy Giuliani	6	7.79%
Mike Huckabee	7	9.09%
John McCain	5	6.49%
Barack Obama	13	16.88%
Ron Paul	5	6.49%
Bill Richardson	1	1.30%
Mitt Romney	3	3.90%
Fred Thompson	8	10.39%
Pat Buchanan	0	0%
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01-25-08, 05:12 PM	#11
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	Actually, Reagan was HUGELY unpopular in Europe. Go back and look Der Spegiel or such for the protest over the IRBM deployments in the early 80s, that and the freeze movement. I think much of the view of Reagan has changed over time. As for Bush 41, hell, it's hard not to not like him. He was/is a war hero and, I think, a genuinely nice fellow. Bush 43 is hardly disliked for many reasons. I personally am not a big fan of certain decisions, mainly his inability to resist government largess, but his middle eastern policies that have proved so unpopular in Europe, are not as unpopular here. There is still a large chunk of folks who remember that certain things happened on 9/11 and it was hoped/believed that the destruction of Al Queada and the creation of function republican govenment in that part of the world (besides Isreal) might create a degree of stability that would preclude the spread of terror engendered by the the fundamentalist governments. Now you can disagree with that, but that was the basis of US policy in the region. If Iraq ends as a stable, moderate, republican government, it was worth the blood, treasure, and time. It will mean that SOMETHING positive came out of 9/11.