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Yahoo! News - Gore Denounces Bush’s Iraq Efforts

I am not a big Gore fan. He was a “hold my nose” vote, but credit where credit is due. His speech - even though it would have been nice to hear this a month ago - raises issues with regards to Bush’s Iraq policy that need to be addressed.

“After Sept. 11, we had enormous sympathy, goodwill and support around the world,” Gore said. “We’ve squandered that, and in one year we’ve replaced that with fear, anxiety and uncertainty, not at what the terrorists are going to do but at what we are going to do.”

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“If we end the war in Iraq the way we ended the war in Afghanistan ( news - web sites), we could easily be worse off than we are today,” said Gore, who told the crowd he would decide in December whether to challenge Bush again for the presidency in 2004.

these are questions the Bush team has not come close to answering. Why, exactly, should we trust Bush and company to rebuild Iraq considering how poorly they have done in Afghanistan? Why is removing Saddam worth squandering the goodwill of nations we will need to fight the people who are actually shooting at us?

September 24th, 2002 General | 2 comments

2 Comments

  1. Brian writes:

    Gore is such a tough nut. Out of office, he makes so much sense (see his prescriptions against global warming from “Earth in the Balance”). In office, he folds on his principles (see US Energy policy under Clinton. OK OK, better than Bush, but sheeeesh — not exactly the stuff of inspired leadership). And even here, what’s his answer to the wider question of the Weapons of Mass Destruction held by the US?

    Good to see him calling for brakes on the run to war, but it would be good to see him state the essential point: The weapon is the enemy.

    Comment 9/24/2002

  2. Brian writes:

    Gore is such a tough nut. Out of office, he makes so much sense (see his prescriptions against global warming from “Earth in the Balance”). In office, he folds on his principles (see US Energy policy under Clinton. OK OK, better than Bush, but sheeeesh — not exactly the stuff of inspired leadership). And even here, what’s his answer to the wider question of the Weapons of Mass Destruction held by the US?

    Good to see him calling for brakes on the run to war, but it would be good to see him state the essential point: The weapon is the enemy.

    Comment 9/24/2002

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