"But the worst peacetime decade in all American history? Really?"
You're right about the Depression. And that's about it.
"Worse than the 1960s and 1970s?"
The 60s and 70s aren't peacetime decades. Next.
You even say: "Two decades of a war". Vietnam ended in 1974.
"two foreign wars that have been either woefully mismanaged or seen criminal violations of international conventions "
I like you think these things are mutually exclusive for some reason.
"... and of course, an American president's impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice."
Ooh, look, a Clinton hit piece! I like how a president's marital infidelity is the thing that "ruins" the 1990s as versus the Reagan Admin in the 80s supporting some of the most violent, repressive and straight-up dictatorial regimes ALL OVER THE WORLD. Marcos, Suharto, The Shah? Iran Contra? Ollie North? Way to overlook things that make to your ideological heroes look bad.
Please, stop quoting Joe Strummer, he'd probably be pretty upset that his words are being hijacked by this right-wing nonsense.
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Xinjiang
Dec 01, 2009
11:05 a.m.
"But the worst peacetime decade in all American history? Really?"
You're right about the Depression. And that's about it.
"Worse than the 1960s and 1970s?"
The 60s and 70s aren't peacetime decades. Next.
You even say: "Two decades of a war". Vietnam ended in 1974.
"two foreign wars that have been either woefully mismanaged or seen criminal violations of international conventions "
I like you think these things are mutually exclusive for some reason.
"... and of course, an American president's impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice."
Ooh, look, a Clinton hit piece! I like how a president's marital infidelity is the thing that "ruins" the 1990s as versus the Reagan Admin in the 80s supporting some of the most violent, repressive and straight-up dictatorial regimes ALL OVER THE WORLD. Marcos, Suharto, The Shah? Iran Contra? Ollie North? Way to overlook things that make to your ideological heroes look bad.
Please, stop quoting Joe Strummer, he'd probably be pretty upset that his words are being hijacked by this right-wing nonsense.