Hellfire Damnation Around the Globe
In an interview conducted by Bob Woodward in 2004, former President Ford said:
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“I don’t think, if I had been president — on the basis of the facts as I saw them publicly — I don’t think I would have ordered the Iraqi war.
“I would have maximized our efforts through sanctions, through restrictions, whatever, to find another answer. |
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“Rumsfeld and Cheney and the president made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq.
“They put the emphasis on weapons of mass destruction. And now, I’ve never publicly said I thought they made a mistake, but I felt very strongly it was an error in how they should justify what they were going to do.
“I just don’t think we should go hellfire damnation around the globe freeing people, unless it is directly related to our own national security.”
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In his defense, Gerald Ford is an example of the way Republicans used to be.
I agree with what he said, too. We don’t have the resources or the global permission to go freeing people around the world unless it’s directly related to our own national security.
I like what Holywriter said. Imagine, Ford, that type of person, was president over 30 years ago. And then look at where we are today. (Is the president the embodiment of the people as a whole?) Reading over Ford’s comments, he sounds like a breath of fresh air–reasonable, prudent, intelligent. I think it’s sad that what we once had now seems so exemplary in comparison.