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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 05:59 PM
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"A Gore-Zinni Unity Ticket?"
Edited on Mon Apr-10-06 06:00 PM by understandinglife
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In my judgment, the unity ticket with the strongest potential would have former Vice President Al Gore, a Democrat, in the top spot, and retired Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni, a politically independent military man who supported George W. Bush in 2000, in the second slot.

In 2002, when many elected leaders in both parties joined Bush in his rush to war, Gore and Zinni had the clarity of vision and the political courage to go against the grain and propose alternative strategies, such as staying focused on fighting al-Qaeda, that would have better served American security.

With more than 50 years of national security experience between them, Gore and Zinni could be trusted in office to pursue strategies that would unite Americans, resolve the war in Iraq, rally U.S. allies, and wage an effective battle against global terrorism.

In part, that’s because Gore and Zinni know from experience what President Bush and his neoconservative allies have never learned: that the surest guarantee of U.S. security is when military force is backed by the power of American ideals and the unity of a well-informed citizenry.

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Much more at the link to A Gore-Zinni Unity Ticket? By Brent Budowsky at:

http://consortiumnews.com/2006/041006a.html


Interesting.


George W. Bush willfully violated National Security to cover-up his willful launch of a war of aggression and illegal occupation of Iraq.
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Totally Committed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 06:35 PM
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1. Zinni's a Republican....
And, he doesn't usually have much good to say about Democrats when asked.

Maybe that's changed now?

TC
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 06:47 PM
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2. Zinni was appointed to CENTCOM by CLINTON
http://www.thinkprogress.org/2006/04/02/zinni-rumsfeld/

This morning on Meet the Press, Gen. Anthony Zinni, former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, called on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other Bush officials to resign for making a “series of disastrous mistakes” in Iraq. ...

Frankly, no one know the ME better than Tony Zinni. He didn't sit on his ass in Florida. In fact, he spent so much time working out of Bahrain and chatting up the various and sundry leaders in the region that the Flag there got antsy....

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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 06:54 PM
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3. Go with Clark instead!!
Oh shit! Hey Clarkies back off! You know what I mean!

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
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