(06-07-2024, 11:56 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(06-07-2024, 11:44 AM)mikesez Wrote: I don't love the governor overruling local voters about the discretion a prosecutor has, even though I voted for Ron and I did not vote for Monique.
Ron should be doing what Rick Scott did.  Prosecutors are allowed to cross district and county lines.  One of the elected prosecutors from another area that is more in line with Ron should be taking over the controversial cases from the prosecutors that want to buck Ron.
Meanwhile the prosecutor that my neighbors elected should continue prosecuting the non-controversial cases.

Also, of course Ron got his way at the Florida Supreme Court.  He appointed so many of them.  It reminds me of when some people opposed the Iraq war, and the people who were for it said back in early 2003, "look how quickly we got to Baghdad.  Look how they ran away. It was the right decision." No one doubted that the US would quickly defeat Iraq's military.  The question was, *should* the US defeat Iraq's military.  Similarly, the question here is *should* DeSantis be using his power this way.

Meh. I get where you're going with this. Just don't like the analogy. What happened in the Middle East was planned for years. General Wesley Clark came forward with that years ago. I always found it odd, that, we started a war in Iraq post 9/11, when, it was Osama Bin Laden and Al'CIA'eda that took the victory laps and credit for it. 

I was under the impression that Hussein got his come uppin's because he told our Government he was going to start selling his oil for Euro's instead of USD. The same thing that Gaddafi told our Government when he said he wanted to create his own currency, the Dinar, for their resources there, etc. 

Anyway, I won't derail the main topic too much. I am 50/50 with DeSantis. There's some things I like about him and some things I don't like. The one thing I appreciated about him the most? Him sticking it to Biden during Covid and Lockdowns. I also appreciate his efforts in getting our Public School System somewhat back to normal.  

Wesley Clark did not say that.  The source of that quote is his memoir, in which he claims a general at the Pentagon said that.  

As for why we went after Iraq post-9/11, there is strong evidence that Bush Jr instigated that war because Saddam Hussein had plotted to assassinate Bush Sr.  The 9/11 attacks gave him a wonderful pretext for attacking Iraq.  

This was the all-out US war plan for the entire Middle East (wearethemighty.com)

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