Does the US need a good wartime president?
Does the US need a good wartime president?
#1Does the US need a good wartime president?
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:28am
What prompted me to put the question before the group was a colleague’s suggestion that this election cycle is about dealing with ISIS/ISIL and the spread of global terrorism. He is not a fan of Obama/Biden’s foreign policy and is praying that Clinton and Bush sew up their respective party nominations. In his mind, those two have a good handle on terrorist activities in the Middle East, North Korea, Nigeria, Somalia, and Colombia as well as East Europe's concerns about the influx of immigrants from Syria. He's even less a fan of Angela Merkel and blames her for what he considers to be Europe's inevitable disintegration.
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
#2Does the US need a good wartime president?
Posted: 2/9/16 at 12:24pm
No. The US needs to reinstate the draft, and we need a peacetime president.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#3Does the US need a good wartime president?
Posted: 2/9/16 at 12:39pm
What prompted me to put the question before the group was a colleague’s suggestion that this election cycle is about dealing with ISIS/ISIL and the spread of global terrorism.
If you spend more time worrying about ISIS than about drunk drivers or heart disease, then you've been duped. (I'm paraphrasing someone, but I regret that I've forgotten the original source.)
Anyhow, my answer is an emphatic no.
#4Does the US need a good wartime president?
Posted: 2/9/16 at 5:15pm
Testifying on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart warned, "ISIS will probably attempt to conduct additional attacks in Europe, and attempt to direct attacks on the U.S. homeland in 2016."
