Behshad wrote:And of course you didnt like our great economy, low unemployment and no wars, during Clinton. Good on ya, typical (blind&brainwashed) republican
Before you completely swallow Clinton's load you might do some real research... typical (blind&brainwashed) sheeple..
Clinton economy:Clinton administration did not face September 11th, two wars, Hurricane Katrina, a U.S. financial crisis (which was largely caused by the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999, by Clinton and a Republican Congress), or a global financial crisis.
Clinton unemployment rate:The funny thing about the Average unemployment rate for both is:
Clinton: 5.2%
Bush: 5.3%
The difference is mainly due to the steady decline in the labor force participation rate, during the Bush presidency. The Labor Force Participation Rate measures the number of people in the labor force as a percentage of the Civilian Labor Force. Therefore, the unemployment rate likely remained low under Bush because many of the unemployed simply stopped looking for jobs.
Clinton wars: An excerpt from President Clinton's speech 8-20-1998 concerning the attacks on Afghanistan and Sudan.
"THE PRESIDENT:
"Good afternoon. Today I ordered our Armed Forces to strike at terrorist-related facilities in Afghanistan and Sudan because of the imminent threat they presented to our national security.
I want to speak with you about the objective of this action and why it was necessary. Our target was terror. Our mission was clear -- to strike at the network of radical groups affiliated with and funded by Osama bin Laden, perhaps the preeminent organizer and financier of international terrorism in the world today.
The groups associated with him come from diverse places, but share a hatred for democracy, a fanatical glorification of violence, and a horrible distortion of their religion to justify the murder of innocents. They have made the United States their adversary precisely because of what we stand for and what we stand against."
Wikipedia explains: "Officials later acknowledged, however, "that the evidence that prompted President Clinton to order the missile strike on the Shifa plant was not as solid as first portrayed. Indeed, officials later said that there was no proof that the plant had been manufacturing or storing nerve gas, as initially suspected by the Americans, or had been linked to Osama bin Laden, who was a resident of Khartoum in the 1980s."
Then there was Kosovo:
NATO's bombing campaign lasted from March 24 to June 11, 1999, involving up to 1,000 aircraft operating mainly from bases in Italy and aircraft carriers stationed in the Adriatic. Tomahawk cruise missiles were also extensively used, fired from aircraft, ships and submarines. All of the NATO members were involved to some degree—even Greece, despite publicly opposing the war.
Over the ten weeks of the conflict, NATO aircraft flew over 38,000 combat missions. The U.S. Department of Defense claimed that, up to June 2, 99.6% of the 20,000 bombs and missiles used had hit their targets.
But.... NATO did not have the backing of the United Nations Security Council, yet the NATO nations were mostly led by centre-left and moderately liberal leaders, most prominently U.S. President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and the Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema." NATO officials sought to portray it as a "clean war" using precision weapons. However, the use of technologies such as depleted uranium ammunition and cluster bombs was highly controversial, as was the bombing of oil refineries and chemical plants, which led to accusations of "environmental warfare".
"There was, however, criticism from all parts of the political spectrum for the way that NATO conducted the campaign.
He lives in France and he has seen a lot in the world than you. You example of Japan was a total FAIL .
