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Originally posted by xxxdesign-net
well, the thruth is not always in the middle... and an attitude like that is certainly dangerous... implying that the opposition (of certain decisions) is ALWAYS partisan... and the party in power will always do a fairly good job without causing major damage (based on US history) ...
THe modern era is new, only 2 world war... anything can happen... dont look at history for confort 
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What attitude? I didn't say anything like what you just said nor did I imply that. I said I don't take seriously the claims of the opposition party in each and every election cycle that the current administration is the worst in history. THAT is political.
Sure, some of the time someone's opinions are in line with a particular ideology. Great. Just as often, someone's opinions follow a party line. Why is that Republicans complained loudly about Clinton's bombing Iraq in 1998 and why was it Democrats that complained in 2003? What changed? This kind of thing happens all the time. Republicans were being partisan in 1998 and Democrats in 2003. This is completely normal. Why should we expect differently?
The words of the last two presidents regarding Iraq and Saddam are nearly indistingushable. For example, "The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow."
It makes absolutely no sense for a Democrat to say things like this is the worst administration in history and Bush lied about Iraqi WMD when the Democratic president prior to him said and believed the same thing. Yeah, I'd say that's partisan.
If you're pointing to the World Wars as some sort of "domino theory" of course one would have to ignore the fact that there have been hundreds of post World War II conflicts and yet no more world wars. The idea that "we might end up in another world war" is really no more likely than "Saddam might end up another Hitler".