Posts Tagged ‘Iraq war’
The price of inhumanity
By Tom Quiner From 1980 to 1988, there were 1 million deaths due to the Iran/Iraq war. From 1980 to 1988, there were 14 million deaths in the U.S. due to abortion. Before the U.S./Iraq war began, there were an estimated 270 mass graves in Iraq. It is estimated that those graves hold the bodies…
Read MoreIs the Iraq War the cause of our deficits?
By Tom Quiner The “Supercommittee” meets. Their vision on why America’s fiscal house is such a mess varies wildly. The USA Today reports that Democrats on the committee blame the two wars this decade as one of the major reasons for our crisis, along with Bush-era tax cuts. I am re-running a Quiner’s Diner post…
Read MorePresident Bush vindicated by WikiLeaks revelations
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsWAPSRWCZg] “Bush lied and people died,” was the mantra from the political Left in this country a few short years ago. Now that the WikiLeaks scandal has shed light on illegally released government documents, the Left’s assertion above is revealed as the sham we always knew it was. Saddam Hussein DID have…
Read MoreIs the Iraq War responsible for our deficits?
By Tom Quiner Voices on the left are clear: our fiscal problems are the result of an unnecessary war on Iraq forced on the country by former President Bush. Democratic Party strategist, James Carville, is blunt: “It was under Mr Bush that the deficit spiralled out of control as we fought an unnecessary and endless…
Read MoreIf Bush lied, Clinton lied
By Tom Quiner “Bush lied” was once again invoked in the letters to the editor in the Des Moines Register this morning. For the record, here is specifically what the President said: “Saddam Hussein has huge stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons. And some day, some way, I guarantee you, he’ll use the arsenal.” Only…
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