CrappyDom
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There are always more than one way to do things. I, being a liberal take one way as better than another but I am not blind to their being other ways.
Bush wanted to use American power to reshape the ME, well if you are going to do that, at least do it well, something he fundamentally failed to do.
If I was a neocon and wanted to pursue a right wing aggressive stance I would have done the following:
Recognized that China is the long term threat the West faces and energy is going to be the resource over which we ALL will be fighting. We have the technological edge still and the economy to put it in place. I would have launched a crash program to use shale oil, pebble nuclear power plants, solar power, and energy efficiency. I would have done it in such a way that much of the industry (and thus the technology) stays here so that China has trouble stealing the technology and the money stays here.
When that P3 Orion landed on that Chinese island I would have informed them it was US property and that the cruise missiles were on the way to destroy it. They would have been fucking pissed but there wasn't much they could do about it. They would threaten Taiwan but I would float some advanced weapon sale and trade it off so they could regain face.
9/11, I would have used it as an excuse to secure oil from China just as they did. I would however have diffused the tensions between Arab dictators and the religious extremists by pouring money and resources into Afghanistan and making it a paradise on earth. I would have also made a formal treaty of defense with Israel IN EXCHANGE for creating a genuine and viable state for the Palestinians and again, made it more profitable to be at peace than at war.
As a side note, under Clinton, after the debacle in Somalia, we sent in teams of assassins who found everyone involved in dragging those rangers through the streets. They woke them up in the middle of the night and shot them in the forehead with silenced weapons. They were so effective, the lovers of the dead often woke up next to the cold bodies of the dead...
THAT is how I would have dealt with bin Laudin and Al Qaeda. Even better, if they could be kidnapped without a trace and simply disappeared, so that they did not become martyrs that would be even better.
I would also put serious pressure on the Saudis and Egyptians to deal with the extreme poverty in their countries.
Seeing how much better everyone who was being "good" was doing, it would have put severe pressure on Iran and Iraq to play ball and either a pro west coup would take place or the bastards would change their ways.
So, saving the hundreds of billions we have wasted in Iraq, I would have built large anti missile systems in South Korea and Japan. It could be done under the supposed threat of North Korea but it would also server to counter the Chinese threat. I would continue to build up other countries defenses under the guise of protecting them from North Korea but actually doing it to hem in China. This would have put a huge amount of pressure on the Chinese to fix North Korea or face being hemmed in. After and only after all this was in place to deal with the North Koreans (and actually China) I would sign a non aggression pact against North Korea and turn them into an ally with the promise of money. I would then tell China privately but VERY clearly (that way they don't lose face) that either they let their currency float and deal with intellectual piracy or we would recognize Taiwan. China would be fucked either way and we would win either way. If they chose to hold their ground I would impose sanctions, (which would help the US trade imbalance greatly) and pass laws shifting production to North Korea.
Still wanting China to fix their currency and stop intellectual piracy, I would then make the next private threat. Publicly I would ramp up production of the F22, announce plans to build a couple of more carriers and add longer range naval air strike capability and perhaps even some stealthy carriers or something. Then privately I would let the Chinese know we are going to arm Taiwan and Japan with carriers...
If you are going to play hard and rough, at least have your shit together and DO IT. Bush is so fucking incompetent, if he was a Chinese double agent it wouldn't be surprising he has so damaged this country and benefited all of our enemies.
So THAT is why I hate that fucking moron so much.
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