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Re: Afghan Quicksand Awaits Obama
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Originally Posted by MeadHallPirate
Yargggg! ahoy EagleSeven!
i was wonderin', matey...in yer opinion, have the bailouts help slow our slide? what imma askin' be this; i think an arguement can made that President Bush's aggressive post 9/11 agenda may have kept america safe from any further major terrorist attacks on its home soil...we can only hypothosize what would have happened if he had pursued a different route.
IF bailouts hadn't been issued, be it reasonable to suggest that our plight here at home would be even worse?
*salutes*
-MeadHallPirate
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It can be argued, but it is too early to make a decisive conclusion. Still, we really didn't get much visible bang for our $800 billion bucks...especially since every near-failing industry (auto, for instance) are now demanding bailouts.
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