Why Bush

The most important issue right now is Iraq and terrorism. Yes, abortion, gays, healthcare, social security, the economy, they are all important, but none of those issues matter if you are dead.

What the election boils down to is, who is better fit to lead the country through a period of war.

Kerry claims to have a plan and this and that. But what it boils down to is that they are a lot of things that Bush has either already implemented or is implementing.

Kerry puts a lot of stock in Europe, especially countries like Germany and France. He says that we need to go in with allies while he discounts the 40 some odd nations that are supporting us in different ways. He ignores the fact that the only reason why there was no UN resolution going into the war was because France, Russia, China, and Syria (who are all on the security council, Syria was its turn) were all receving bribes from Saddam through the UN Oil-for-Food program.

The truth is, Europe doesn't like the US. It isn't because of Bush, its because of Americans. Over the years, it's become clear that Europe and the United Nations have become less and less relavent. They act as if we need their permission to go to war. Even Kerry talks about how we need to pass a "global test" to use our army. Since when did any nation have to answer to any other nation when they were attacked?

Kerry says that things are getting worse in Iraq. I'm not there, so I can't comment on that. But the soldiers are there. And 64% of service men and women favor bush and 34% favor Kerry. You would think that those on the ground, fighting for our safety, would have a better idea of how things are going.

I know that I've attacked Kerry a lot, so let me spend some time defending Bush.

A lot of people think that war with Iraq is wrong. They don't have stockpiles of WMDs nor do they have the capabilities to produce WMDs. But Saddam did have programs in place to develop WMDs once UN sanctions were lifted. He did all he could to bide his time and regain some trust so that he could persue his deadly agenda. People point at the Duefler report that came out last week says they are right. What they neglect to point out is that Saddam was ready to get his programs back into motion. Are we supposed to just sit around and let him develop these things? The UN had already told him that he needs to stop or would face "severe consequences". When it came down to it, the UN didn't have the nuts to show him what "severe consequences" were. Bush did.

Bush saw that Saddam was a threat to not only the US but to the world. If Saddam started producing WMDs, he could easily have sold it to terrorists or neighboring countries; further destablizing the region.

Bush had the prudence and went in and took care of business. War is not easy, especially when you're fighting a political and ideological war. This isn't a war against a faceless nation, but against a hateful culture and ideology out to destroy everyone. It's not an easy battle to win and there will be casualties.

People sight things like Najaf and Fullahja as military failures. The truth is, Allawi assessed the situation and took a certain course of action. We're not out to establish a puppet regime. We're out to stabalize a country and help it attain its first free elections in a long time. Allawi stated that when fighting a guerilla war, you also fight a political war. You need to make both military and political decisions. Retreating from Najaf and Fullahja were political choices made by Allawi.

There are other reason why one should or shouldn't vote for a particular candidate. The liberal media likes to portray Bush as an idiot. Sure, he mispronounces a few words. But when it comes to his decisions and his convictions, he is steadfast and resolute. In the face of terrorism, he doesn't backdown.

Kerry has an issue of flip flopping on the issues. He's voted to pass every environmental bill that he's seen, regardless of any scientific merit. Wouldn't you rather have someone who actually educates himself on the issues or what's at stake instead of just voting based on emotion or a wife's tree-huggerness?

There are a lot of other issues and a lot of other reasons why one should vote Bush, but those are outside the scope of this post.