[lit-ideas] Re: comments the DEMs must defend
- From: Eric <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:42:52 -0500
Andreas: 600,000 Iraqi will still be dead because of lies.
4,000 Americans will still be dead because of lies.
The US economy will still be wrecked because of lies.
If we cannot agree on basic facts, we won't be able to fix the blame.
(Granted it's better to fix the problem than the blame.)
The major cause of Iraqi deaths is not American force, but you want to
blame Bush so you do so with dubious numbers. The major cause of
American deaths is the action of the groups we collectively label
"insurgents," but you want to blame Bush so you ignore the actual
murderers. The US economy is far from wrecked* but you want to blame
Bush, so you pin the economy to his war policy, rather than, say,
Clinton's ridiculous trade deals with China, current oil prices, or the
nearsighted US automotive sector.**
You can strongly disapprove of Bush without all this hyperbole. It
undermines your arguments.
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* http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8N8BQR02.htm
The Treasury Department reported Monday that the deficit for the budget
year that began Oct. 1 totals $42.2 billion, down 57.2 percent from the
same period a year ago.
**http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10009069.shtml
Petroleum, China and automotive products account for about 85 percent of
the trade deficit, and no solution is possible without addressing issues
particular to these segments.
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