Hillary’s far from perfect, but the Donald would be utter disaster
Hillary Clinton may very well be a liar. She also has political experience and understands how our government works. Donald Trump is a bigger liar and also a con man. He has no clue how our government works. Experience as a businessman will not help him, because he has an outdated, fascist worldview.
Trump’s lack of self-control will get the U.S. into more wars and create financial hardship like the younger Bush did. We are still paying for the unnecessary war that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc. started. Hillary admitted her mistake voting for the war.
Back in April 2005, the Iraq and Afghan occupations were costing the taxpayer upwards of $300 billion. I’m sure the cost now is at least $1 trillion or more. By the way, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and George H.W. Bush were all on Richard Nixon’s staff – one of the most corrupt and deceiving presidents ever.
Those wars have created more instability in that region and more enemies for the United States. The Middle East and Arab world have been persecuting and killing one another forever, so different religious factions can control each other. It is not worth risking the lives of our military, especially to get another drill in the ground. But if you want more hate, more killing and more chaos in the world, Trump is your guy. He will figure out how to profit from the war. He is a businessman.
Halliburton (Cheney), KBR, Bechtel, Fluor, Titan, Triple Canopy, Dyn Corporation and the infamous Blackwater, are a few of the companies that have made a huge profit from the more than $42 billion in contracts that were available. Blackwater changed its name after some adverse publicity.
Trump is a belligerent loudmouth who needs to think before he speaks and is all about himself. Clinton has common sense, experience and understands how our government works. Taxes will not go down with either one in office. Once again we have the lesser of two evils to choose from. Easy choice for me. Good luck Hillary. God bless America.
Bob Fournier, Surfside Beach
This story was originally published July 13, 2016 at 9:49 AM with the headline "Hillary’s far from perfect, but the Donald would be utter disaster."